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Trends in eviction filings:

Richmond City

48,879
Filings since March 16, 2020
861
Filings in May 2025
99.9%
of landlords have representation in court in 2024 (of 9,433 cases disposed)
1.2%
of tenants have representation in court in 2024 (of 9,433 cases disposed)
954
cases went to judgment in May 2025
414
cases went to default in May 2025

About this county

52.7%
nationally
(46.74%)
Rent burdened residents
18.8%
(12.75%)
Poverty rate

Eviction Filings and Defaults in Richmond City, Virginia

During the COVID-19 pandemic, there were state-wide moratoria on evictions from March 16, 2020 to May 18, 2020; June 8, 2020 to June 29, 2020; and August 10, 2020 to September 7, 2020.

The CDC moratorium was in place from September 4, 2020 through August 26, 2021.

Please note that these filings counts in recent months are approximately 94% of all filings through the end of September 2021 reported by the courts. The filing rate relative to the historical average is likely higher than the values presented here.

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About the Data

Please cite the data as: Civil Court Data Initiative. Legal Services Corporation, 2022. (accessed TODAY’s DATE).

Cases filed under a case type containing any of the following terms or with any of the following event information are considered evictions: unlawful detainer

Census data comes from the following 2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year tables: B25070 (rent burden), B25032 (housing units), and B25008 (renter and total population).

 

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