Published

Graetz, Nick, Carl Gershenson, Peter Hepburn, Sonya R. Porter, Danielle H. Sandler, and Matthew Desmond. 2023. “A Comprehensive Demographic Profile of the US Evicted Population.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 1-6.

      - Public-facing introduction to the article.

      - The New York Times: The Americans Most Threatened by Eviction: Young Children.

Hepburn, Peter, Renee Louis, and Matthew Desmond. 2023. “Beyond Gentrification: Housing Loss, Poverty, and the Geography of Displacement.” Social Forces. 1-34.

      - Public-facing introduction to the article.

Leung, Lillian, Peter Hepburn, James Hendrickson, and Matthew Desmond. 2023. “No Safe Harbor: Eviction Filing in Public Housing.” Social Service Review 97(3):456-497.

      - Public-facing introduction to the article.

Keene, Danya, Whitney Denary, Annie Harper, Anna Kapolka, Emily Benfer, and Peter Hepburn. 2023. “'A little bit of a security blanket’: Renter experiences with COVID-19 era eviction moratoria.” Social Service Review 97(3):423-455.

      - Public-facing introduction to the article.

Hepburn, Peter, Jacob Haas, Nick Graetz, Renee Louis, Devin Q. Rutan, Anne Kat Alexander, Jasmine Rangel, Olivia Jin, Emily Benfer, and Matthew Desmond. 2023. “Protecting the Most Vulnerable: Policy Response and Eviction Filing Patterns during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 9(3):186-207.

      - Public-facing introduction to the article.

Rutan, Devin Q., Peter Hepburn, and Matthew Desmond. 2023. “The Suburbanization of Eviction: Increasing Displacement and Inequality within American Suburbs.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 9(1):104-125.

      - Public-facing introduction to the article.

Hepburn, Peter, Devin Q. Rutan, and Matthew Desmond. 2023. “Beyond Urban Displacement: Suburban Poverty and Eviction.” Urban Affairs Review 59(3):759-792.

      - Public-facing introduction to the article.

Benfer, Emily A., Robert Koehler, Alyx Mark, Valeria Nazzaro, Anne Kat Alexander, Peter Hepburn, Danya E. Keene, and Matthew Desmond. 2022. “COVID-19 Housing Policy: State and Federal Eviction Moratoria and Supportive Measures in the United States During the Pandemic.” Housing Policy Debate. 1-26.

      - Public-facing introduction to the article.

Leung, Lillian, Peter Hepburn, and Matthew Desmond. 2021. “Serial Eviction Filing: Civil Courts, Property Management, and the Threat of Displacement.” Social Forces. 100(1):316-344.

      - Public-facing introduction to the article.

Jin, Olivia, Emily Lemmerman, Peter Hepburn, and Matthew Desmond. 2021. “Neighborhoods with Highest Eviction Filing Rates Have Lowest Levels of COVID-19 Vaccination.” Socius. 7:1-3.

      - Public-facing introduction to the article.

Hepburn, Peter, Renee Louis, Joe Fish, Emily Lemmerman, Anne Kat Alexander, Timothy A. Thomas, Robert Koehler, Emily Benfer, and Matthew Desmond. 2021. “U.S. Eviction Filing Pattern in 2020.” Socius. 7:1-18.

      - Public-facing introduction to the article.

Hepburn, Peter, Renee Louis, and Matthew Desmond. 2020. “Racial and Gender Disparities among Evicted Americans.” Sociological Science. 7:649-662.

      - Public-facing introduction to the article + data + code.

      - The ACLU analyzed an early version of our data; you can find their report here.

Hepburn, Peter. 2020. “Work Scheduling for American Mothers, 1990 and 2012.” Social Problems.

Harrati, Amal, Peter Hepburn, Valerie Meausoone, and Mark R. Cullen. 2019. "Characterizing Trajectories of Work, Disability, and Health in Work and Retirement: A Multi-State Analysis.” Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 61(11):936-943.

Hepburn, Peter, Issa Kohler-Hausmann, and Angela Zorro Medina. 2019. “Cumulative Risks of Multiple Criminal Justice Outcomes in New York City.” Demography 56:1161-1171.

Hepburn, Peter. 2018. “Parental Work Schedules and Child-Care Arrangements in Low-Income Families.” Journal of Marriage and Family 80:1187-1209.

Chung, Pil H. and Peter Hepburn. 2018. “Mass Imprisonment and the Extended Family.” Sociological Science 5:335-360.

Harding, David J. and Peter Hepburn. 2014. “Cultural Mechanisms in Neighborhood Effects Research in the United States.” Sociologia Urbana e Rurale 103:37-73.

Public Sociology

Vallejo, Camila, Jacob Haas, and Peter Hepburn. “Preliminary Analysis: Eviction Filing Patterns in 2022” 3/9/2023.

Hepburn, Peter, Olivia Jin, Joe Fish, Emily Lemmerman, Anne Kat Alexander, and Matthew Desmond. “Preliminary Analysis: Eviction Filing Patterns in 2021” 3/8/2022.

Haas, Jacob, Jasmine Rangel, JUan Pablo Garnham, and Peter Hepburn. “Preliminary Analysis: Eviction Filing Trends After the CDC Moratorium Expiration” 12/9/2021.

Rangel, Jasmine, Jacob Haas, Emily Lemmerman, Joe Fish, and Peter Hepburn. “Preliminary Analysis: 11 months of the CDC Moratorium” 8/21/2021.

Hepburn, Peter and Renee Louis. “Preliminary Analysis: Six Months of the CDC Eviction Moratorium” 3/8/2021.

Lemmerman, Emily, Renee Louis, Joe Fish, and Peter Hepburn. “Preliminary Analysis: Who is being filed against during the pandemic?” 12/21/2020.

Fish, Joe, Emily Lemmerman, Renee Louis, and Peter Hepburn. “Eviction Moratoria have Prevented Over a Million Eviction Filings in the U.S. during the COVID-19 Pandemic” 12/15/2020.

Louis, Renee, Joe Fish, and Peter Hepburn. “Preliminary Analysis: Rising Eviction Claim Amounts During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” 12/9/2020.

Hepburn, Peter and Renee Louis. “Preliminary Analysis: Eviction Filings During and After Local Eviction Moratoria” 11/15/2020.

Hepburn, Peter and Renee Louis. “Preliminary Analysis: Shifts in Eviction Filings from the CARES Act to the CDC Order.” 9/22/2020.

Louis, Renee, Alieza Durana, and Peter Hepburn. “Preliminary Analysis: Eviction Claim Amounts During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” 8/27/2020.

In Progress

Hepburn, Peter, Issa Kohler-Hausmann, and Angela Zorro Medina. “Beyond Mass Incarceration: Understanding Misdemeanor Justice.”

Hepburn, Peter, Adam Chapnik, Renee Louis, and Matthew Desmond. “The Price of Displacement: Money Judgments in Eviction Cases.”

      - The New York Times: Many Renters Who Face Eviction Owe Less Than $600. 12/12/2019.

Hepburn, Peter, Danny Grubbs-Donovan, Nick Graetz, Olivia Jin, and Matthew Desmond. “The Effects of Eviction on Educational Trajectories.”

Hepburn, Peter. "Scheduling Inequality: Variations in Dual-Earner Couple Work Schedule Coordination.”

Hepburn, Peter, Jacob Haas, Emily Lemmerman, and Matthew Desmond. “Pandemic Arrears: Understanding Rental Debt in U.S. Eviction Filings during the COVID-19 Pandemic.”

Graetz, Nick, Peter Hepburn, Carl Gershenson, Emily Lemmerman, Danielle H. Sandler, Sonya R. Porter, and Matthew Desmond. “Excess mortality associated with COVID-19 for renters threatened with eviction.”

Haas, Jacob and Peter Hepburn. "Eviction from Manufactured Home Parks.”