The ongoing eviction crisis has reached historical highs across various regions, with both The Valley and Washington state experiencing alarming surges in eviction filings. According to ABC15, The Valley reported 7,029 eviction filings in just the month of June, marking its second-highest June in the past five years and fourth highest in a quarter-century. The Valley isn’t showing signs of slowdown either; the first half of 2025 alone has seen a gut-wrenching total of 41,162 evictions.
Heading north, Washington state paints a similarly distressing picture. Per a report compiled by Philippe Knab of Washington’s Office of Civil Legal Aid, as provided by InvestigateWest, the tidal wave of evictions is unabated, with January 2025 marking the single highest month for evictions seasonally in state history. The escalation seems to directly follow the rollback of pandemic-era eviction protections, and despite the Right to Counsel program’s efforts to provide legal aid to low-income tenants, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to comprehensively cover the need.
Particular areas in The Valley, mostly in the West, are hardest hit. Country Meadows leads with the most filings year-to-date, followed closely by the Kyrene Justice Court. Meanwhile, King County in Washington has seen eviction filings spike to 66% above pre-pandemic levels, an increase that’s hard to conceptualize for those not directly caught in the swell of housing insecurity…