Texas cities rank in top 10 for new eviction filings in early April

AUSTIN, Texas - While property taxes are on the rise in our area, another concerning trend is emerging in Texas' major cities: the rate of eviction filings.

According to the data tracker Evictions Lab at Princeton University, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, and Austin all ranked among the top 10 cities for new eviction filings in early April.

In the 6 states and 31 cities the Lab tracks, landlords have filed for:

855,963 evictions since mid-March 2020
7,215 evictions from April 3 through April 9

In total, landlords in Houston and the Dallas-Fort Worth area filed more than 37,000 evictions in the first three months of 2022, levels that haven't been seen since before the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Eviction Lab's data. Of the major cities listed, Houston saw the second-highest number of evictions filed during the first week of April at 836.

Austin is ranked eighth on the list, with 229 evictions filed in the first week of April and 5,044 filed since the start of the pandemic. New York City topped the list at 1,167 evictions filed in the first week of April.