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Hello! My name is Kate, and I am a freshman at Rice University looking to potentially edit this article. I am hoping to add more detail to the consequences section of the article as well as add more structure to the article as a whole. Let me know if you have any feedback or ideas! Kef1170 (talk) 02:35, 10 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

New Edits

Hello! I will be working on this article for the next 2 months, and would love any feedback or ideas! I am planning to add some historical context to the article as well as adding some legal information about eviction. Kef1170 (talk) 21:11, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Kate! Love the work so far, thank you for including sections on mental and physical health. There's more to evictions than just law. Aside from this, I like your inclusion of which groups are disproportionately affected by evictions, but I would like to see this expanded to include other disproportionate groups, if applicable. Maybe there's a similar trend occurring in cities with the highest eviction rates? It could be worth looking into. I think overall, length is missing in your new sections (which is understandable!) As you come back and add onto it, I'm sure you'll include more sources/references. Overall, good job!Mgregg21 (talk) 19:32, 30 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Update Proposal

Hi! I am considering adding to this page for a Wikipedia class assignment. I would like to expand the section that focuses on disproportionately impacted evictees. Given the high rates of eviction for black women, I think it would be beneficial to include black women/women of color as a disproportionately impacted group. Also, I would like to include more information about the risk factors of eviction and how this contributes to increased eviction rates for women of color. Additionally, I want to add more information about the consequences of eviction, with emphasis on eviction mental health struggles. If you would like to read more about my Wiki project proposal, feel free to reference my user page. Thanks! Sam7688 (talk) 23:01, 13 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi! I will be revising this page for a class Wikipedia assignment. My goal is to improve the article by expanding previous sections, adding relevant research, and editing for grammar, clarity, and focus. I plan to expand the section "disproportionately impacted evictees" with an emphasis on women, Hispanic, and black communities. I also want to add information on the eviction process from a legal perspective, such as causes of eviction, types of evictions, and tenant rights. Additionally, I want to add information about the United States' eviction crisis and housing affordability problem. For more information, please see http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/User:Sam7688/sandbox

If anyone has suggestions for how I could improve this article, please let me know! Sam7688 (talk) 22:49, 21 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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Peer Review Assignment

Wonderful job with your contribution to this article! I am really impressed by your edits to the lead, as well as how you carefully balanced adding relevant and important new material without overpowering any sections. I would suggest that you add more context from the articles that you are referencing (like author names and years of publication) to improve the quality of the reference and the neutrality of the post as a whole. Additionally adding more images would improve the quality of the article by making it more visually appealing and engaging to viewers. The most important things you could do to improve this article is include more details from your sources to increase NPOV! Again, great work on such an important article. I look forward to seeing the final contribution! Madison Roy (talk) 18:55, 26 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Peer Review Assignment

This article is well written in that it is very direct, readable, and organized sensibly. I really was impressed by how concisely you were able to tackle a topic such as Eviction. Your writing was detailed and clear. In terms of changes, as it affects neutrality and scholarly backing, I would suggest a reduction in how much Matthew Desmond’s work is discussed as it is not scholarly work (as indicated in Resource list). Expanding on eviction policy (maybe place it near the section where evictee rights are discussed) and using a different source to display eviction from the evictees side as well as find a source that more thoroughly discusses reasons for evictions on the landlord’s side is what I believe would be the most important step from here on. Once again, fantastic job! EEmenike (talk) 01:20, 27 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Could Use Other Perspectives

Evictions are always hard for the person involved, and this article does a fantastic job of stating this. At the same time, it seems to quote Matthew Desmond quite frequently and other sociological texts. I feel like having more of an economic perspective as well as learning more about when landlords choose when and how to evict is important. (This is discussed a bit, but seems to be very much from the tenant's perspective). Eviction is not always negative, there are problematic tenants which can cause negative effects not just to the landlord but to the community itself, as well as other potential tenants. I feel like discussing this would lead to a fully fleshed out article. 38.15.72.202 (talk) 23:50, 18 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]