Why eviction filings are rising across Maricopa County

[Coventina]

PHOENIX — New eviction filing data marked October as one of the top ten months in Maricopa County’s history in terms of eviction filings.

October saw a total of 7,688 eviction cases filed, a number that paints a stark picture of the Valley’s eviction crisis.

Not all eviction filings end with people being pushed out of their homes, but the numbers reflect a troubling trend, according to Drew Schaffer, the director of the William E. Morris Institute for Justice.

“Phoenix has become one of the eviction capitals of the United States of America over the last few years,” Schaffer told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Arizona’s Morning News on Tuesday.



https://ktar.com/story/5629025/arizona-eviction-crisis-maricopa-county/

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Shock Doctrine at work.

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[dalton99a]

1. Kick

“Some of the rent increases that we’ve seen are unnatural,” he said.

In fact, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a lawsuit in February accusing nine landlords and a software company called RealPage of conspiring to raise rents on hundreds of thousands of residents in the Phoenix and Tucson areas.

Over 90% of eviction cases filed in the last year are due to allegedly unpaid rent, he added.

[in2herbs]

2. At last report, the citizens of Arizona voted for Trump. So is this an example of you get

what you vote for???

I live in AZ.

[jimfields33]

3. Yes if it was after January 2025. But that is not the case.

We are still in the election where Arizona did the right thing and voted for President Biden.