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NYU Furman Center Selected to Join New America’s Eviction Data Response Network

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The NYU Furman Center has been selected to join the Eviction Data Response Network by New America, a nonpartisan, solutions-oriented think tank, as part of a national expansion.  

New America selected 11 states from a pool of applicants of more than half of the country to receive intensive technical resources, funding, and strategic support: Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, and Washington State. Combined, these states are home to over 26 million renters. 

The NYU Furman Center has already successfully integrated eviction data with other housing-related data, such as building type or public subsidy, to create a zip code–based map for New York City, highlighting data from eviction filing to warrant.  

Under this grant from Ballmer Group, and generous support from the Pritzker Children’s Initiative, the NYU Furman Center, along with other state-level partners will be supported by New America to expand our data tool statewide, build reliable and comprehensive eviction data pipelines and then to work with policymakers to leverage that data to craft smart policies and programs that keep people housed.

“We are very grateful to New America for selecting the NYU Furman Center as a partner in its Eviction Data Response Network,” said Brad Greenburg, Executive Director of the NYU Furman Center. “Our goal is to work with our team and partners here in New York State to build a publicly accessible tool using our eviction data. The tool will be a powerful resource for all of us to track and analyze trends and then to work together to enact reforms at the state and local level that will help prevent filings and stabilize tenants.”

Eviction remains one of the most disruptive yet preventable housing crises in the United States, but policymakers frequently lack the comprehensive, real-time data required to design effective solutions to keep families housed. 

“Evictions impact millions of families, and in particular families of color and families with very young children, including infants and toddlers,” said Future of Land and Housing Program Director Yuliya Panfil. “And yet, eviction prevention is largely siloed, uncoordinated, and underfunded, in part because we don’t have the data to track these devastating events. New America is thrilled to help change that reality, in partnership with these 11 forward-thinking states. Our partners won’t just be tracking a historical crisis—they will be building the infrastructure to unlock targeted, proactive interventions that keep people in their homes today, and the systems to keep them housed tomorrow.”

Over the next two years, the NYU Furman Center and other state-level partners will work with New America to build comprehensive eviction data systems and assemble cross-sector problem-solving teams to leverage this data to move the needle on eviction prevention. 

By being selected as a partner of the Eviction Data Response Network, the NYU Furman Center will have the resources to build a statewide eviction tracker that will compare eviction filings and warrant trends across jurisdictions. Our goal is to strengthen New York State’s eviction data infrastructure and build capacity among local leaders to use eviction data to advance reforms.

“Over half of the country applied to join EDRN and we are grateful for the high caliber of applicants who sent a strong demand signal for the need to improve on eviction data,” said Eviction Data Response Network Initiative Director Ian Fletcher. “States simply cannot solve a problem they do not understand, and most court systems are not designed to stabilize families. We believe that our selected cohort represents a standout group of government, nonprofit, and public university leaders who will inform a model that is replicable for any state in the U.S.”

The 2026–2028 cohort of EDRN partners includes: