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Eau Claire staff present 2024 eviction and building-permit trends; commissioners request deeper analysis
Summary
Staff presented 2024 eviction and building-permit data showing recurring monthly spikes in eviction filings and a year-to-date total of 111 one- and two-family permits and 363 multifamily units; commissioners asked staff to analyze drivers of eviction spikes and to disaggregate business evictions from residential filings.
City staff presented a five-slide summary of 2024 housing data to the Housing Opportunities Commission on Jan. 8, including monthly eviction filings and building-permit trends for single-family and multifamily housing.
Staff noted month-to-month spikes in eviction filings — a sharp rise in March–April, a second spike in early summer and another marked increase in September — and asked the commission for permission to have analysts examine whether seasonal lease-renewal cycles or other drivers explain the pattern. "Fifty-five point five percent are resolved with no eviction," the…
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