Renters in the city of Los Angeles face a big deadline this week. If they don’t repay all of the rent debt they accrued during the COVID-19 pandemic by Thursday, they could be evicted.

Feb. 1 marks an end to the city’s long-running eviction protections for delayed payment of rent due to the economic fallout brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

With evictions in L.A. already well above pre-pandemic levels, city outreach workers and nonprofits are now scrambling to prevent another spike. And new data is pointing them to the doors of tenants most at risk of losing their homes.

The data guiding these efforts comes directly from the L.A. Housing Department. In January 2023, the city council passed new rules requiring landlords to tell the city each time they initiate the process of trying to evict someone.

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