Local study finds eviction disparity in Omaha

Non-white majority census tracts have more than double the evictions than majority-white tracts.

BEEN MORE THAN 28THOUSAND EVICTIONSORDERED.A NEW LOCAL STUDYFOUND SIGNIFICANTRACIAL DISPARITY INTHOSE EVICTIONS - ANDSAYS THECONSEQUENCES GOBEYOND HOUSING.3 NEWS NOWINVESTIGATOR JEFF VANSANT HAS THE STORY.A STUDY OF EVICTIONS INDOUGLAS COUNTYSHOWS US THE DARKHISTORY WITHIN OMAHARACIAL INJUSTICE..SEGREGATION..HEAVILY IMPACTINGBLACKS AND HISPANICCOMMUNITIES..4:45 UNFORTUNATELYTHATS NOT SHOCKING..JUST BASED ON WHATWE KNOW ABOUT HOWPERSISTENT RACIALSEGREGATION IS..NOT JUST IN OMAHA BUTIN OTHER CITIES AROUNDTHE COUNTRY..PIERCE GREENBERG IS ARESEARCHER WITHCREIGHTON UNIVERSITYHE ALONG WITH A TEAMLOOKED AT OVER 39-THOUSAND EVICTIONCASES BETWEEN 2012AND 2019..THEY FOUND THEMAJORITY MORE THAN28-THOUSAND ENDED INEVICTION..4:28 YOU LOOK AT THEMAP ..ITS MORE OR LESSWHERE THECOMMUNITIES OF COLORARE FOUND..THE STUDY HAS MAPSSHOWING HIGH-IMPACTAREAS DEMONSTRATINGA RACIAL DIVIDESHOWING HIGHEVICTIONS IN PLACESLIKE NORTH OMAHA..THE URBAN INSTITUTEDATA SHOWS OMAHARANKS 271ST OUT OF 274US CITIES ON A MEASUREOF RACIAL INCLUSION..THE AUTHORS FOUND 7PERCENT OF THOSEEVICTIONS ARE WITHINTHE HOUSINGAUTHORITY ..AND THE AUTHORS LIKEGARY FISCHER - WHOUSED TO WORK FOR THEFAMILY HOUSINGADVISORY SERVICESSAYS CITY OFFICIALSNEED TO TAKE A CLOSERLOOK SHOULD BE MADE..14:15 PEOPLE AREASKING QUESTIONS ANDIT WILL LEAD TOFURTHER DISCUSSIONTHAT THIS WILLSTIMULATE OTHERTHINKINGS AND OTHERQUESTIONS THAT WECOULD BE LOOKING AT..THEY ALSO BROUGHTTHEIR FINDINGS TO CITYLEADERS..GIVING THEM A CHANCETO ASSESS WHAT KINDOF CHANGES CAN BEMADE RIGHT THEWRONGS OF PASTPRACTICES THAT LED TOSEGREGATION ANDPOVERTY..6:05 ITS NOT JUST ANINDIVIDUAL ISSUE..INDIVIDUAL THAT GETEVICTED..BUT THAT THIS COULD BEA NEIGHBORHOODISSUE..IT CAN IMPACTCOMMUNITIES INDIFFERENT WAYS..THAT THERE AREINEQUALITIES ACROSSOMAHA OBVIOUSLY ..THE AUTHORS PLAN TODO MORE WITH THISSTUDY..INTERACTIVE MAPS THATCAN LITERALLY PIN-POINTA HOTSPOT RIGHT DOWNTO A PARTICULAR HOMEOR APARTMENTCOMPLEX..JEFF VAN SANT 3 NEWSNOW..IN ONE EXAMPLE OFEVICTIONS POSSIBLYLEADING TO OTHERPOOR OUTCOMES - THESTUDY SAID THAT IN THESCHOOL ATTENDANCEZONES WITH THE MOSTEVICTIONS - TWO-THIRDSOF STUDENTS WEREBELOW STANDARDS INTESTING.