Request for Applications: Eviction Data Response Network 2026

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Background

Each year, millions of Americans face eviction. This profoundly destabilizing experience leads to homelessness, job loss, adverse mental and physical health impacts, educational attainment gaps, and downward economic mobility—and disproportionately affects Black and Latino families, and families with young children.

And yet, most state and local leaders don’t track how many evictions are happening in their community, where they occur, or who is impacted. Without comprehensive and reliable data on evictions, decision makers can’t design or implement effective policies that keep families stably housed. And many of the government and nonprofit actors interested in addressing the eviction crisis lack the bandwidth, funding, or mandate to tackle the complex data and stakeholder engagement challenges of eviction prevention.

New America’s Eviction Data Response Network (EDRN) is a bold initiative to change that reality. From 2026 to 2028, we will support up to 10 state-level teams across the country to build pipelines of reliable and comprehensive eviction data and craft data-driven policies and programs that keep people housed. EDRN provides thought partnership, technical assistance, financial support, and peer-to-peer learning to states and their local, on-the-ground partners to move the needle on eviction prevention.

Initiative Overview and Goals

EDRN is an eviction prevention accelerator that pairs grant funding with technical assistance and peer learning to support up to 10 state-level partners to:

• Build eviction data infrastructure via a pipeline of reliable, comprehensive, and centralized eviction data at the state level;
• Assemble an eviction data problem-solving team composed of local- and state-level actors who will work collectively around a shared goal of data-driven eviction prevention; and
• Leverage eviction data analysis and communications to develop programs and policies that drive down evictions and keep families stably housed.

To support these efforts, New America will provide state-level partners selected as part of this EDRN accelerator with:

• Grant funding of up to $150,000, contingent upon a one-to-one match;
• Dedicated technical assistance via an eviction data needs assessment at the outset of the grant, followed by regular coaching sessions with New America eviction data experts to advance EDRN goals;
• Access to resources via a shared tech pool for data visualization, web tool development, data scraping, GIS, and more, plus policy and communications resources; and
• Network capital via regular EDRN cohort convenings and engagement opportunities (in-person and virtual) and connections with national housing and data experts.

Participation Requirements

Applications must be submitted by organizations operating at a state level, in the government, judicial, nonprofit, or university sectors. State-level partners selected to participate in EDRN are expected to commit to the following:

• Invest staff time in advancing the work of EDRN through a new hire or existing staff with dedicated capacity;
• Provide a one-to-one cash match for EDRN grant funds, either from a reallocated existing budget or new funding;
• Assemble and regularly convene an eviction data problem-solving team, and lead this team towards accomplishing EDRN goals;
• Engage in an eviction data needs assessment at the outset of the grant;
• Participate in quarterly EDRN cohort meetings; and
• Attend regular one-on-one coaching sessions with New America staff and annual in-person convenings in Washington, DC, in late 2026 and late 2027 (financial support for attendance will be available).

Application Submission Process and Timeline

All applications and supporting materials should be submitted to the application portal by 5:00 pm (ET) on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. Applicants may access PDF or Microsoft Word versions of the application to take notes and prepare their final submission for the portal. The use of artificial intelligence to develop application materials is not permitted. Please refer to the timeline below for additional details.

Additional Information

Please see the frequently asked questions below to learn more about EDRN and the application process. Please send any questions about EDRN not addressed in the FAQs to EDRN@newamerica.org. We will update the FAQs regularly.

New America hosted an informational webinar about EDRN on February 2, 2026. A recording of the webinar is below. Questions asked by participants during the webinar have been added to the final section of the FAQs.

EDRN Frequently Asked Questions