Creating a Nuisance? Housing Nuisance Ordinances and their Impacts on Student Outcomes

Housing instability affects the academic and behavioral outcomes of K-12 students, but there is limited evidence on policies that can lead to housing instability. Education scholars Mark Chin and Tasminda Kaur Dhaliwal will examine the impact of nuisance ordinances, which encourage tenant evictions and undermine housing security, on test scores, disciplinary outcomes, and educational attainment. They will analyze data on the enactment of nuisance ordinances in Ohio, data from the Eviction Lab, and administrative data from the Ohio Department of Education for their study.