Visualizing Retaliatory Evictions in Philadelphia

The goal of this project was to visualize the different aspects that describe the phenomenon of retaliatory evictions in the City of Philadelphia.

Retaliatory evictions consist in the process where property owners, after failing to comply with some aspect of their rental agreement or the sanitary or basic building conditions in their rental properties, have a building violation filed against them by their renters and in return threaten to or evict them. Historically, this has become common practice for landlords throughout Philadelphia, especially in low-income neighborhoods, as they usually are legally represented in court and their renters are not.

The interactive maps and report for this project are available here.