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Ellis Act Evictions

Variable Definitions:
Ellis Act Evictions: The number of evictions in an area made through the Ellis Act, a 1985 California state law that allows landlords to evict residential tenants to “go out of the rental business”

Source: 

Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD)

Years Available*:
2010-2022

Methodology Note:

The original data comes at the point level. Our team geocoded the locations to generate X/Y coordinates, then spatial joined each point to 2020 Census Tracts.

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