Oregon study proposes eviction moratorium last until state helps all

A taxpayer-funded study from Portland State University suggests Oregon’s potential wave of evictions should be put on indefinite hold because it could cost up to $4.7 billion.

The study released this month projects the downstream costs of evictions using a Cost of Eviction Calculator from the University of Arizona’s College of Law. Its estimates are based on data collected from Oregon homeless shelters, inpatient and emergency medical services and child welfare services, among others. It concludes evictions could cost taxpayers between $720 million and $4.7 billion.