Compiling the data

The Review-Journal sought to evaluate how eviction laws in Nevada compared with those of other states. Attorneys in all states with experience litigating eviction cases were interviewed to determine the most significant differences.

Focusing on the shortest amount of time state laws allow private landlords to evict a tenant who missed a rent payment was the priority. For comparison, the time calculated began the day rent became overdue and ended the day a tenant was locked out of the home.

To determine the number of evictions in the Las Vegas Valley, the Review-Journal obtained all eviction orders sent to constable offices from 2007 through 2018. The reports contained the names of tenants and landlords, tenants’ addresses and the dates constable offices received each eviction order.

To analyze the data, the newspaper partnered with Eric Seymour, a postdoctoral researcher at Brown University and an incoming assistant professor of urban planning at Rutgers. Seymour parsed more than 26,000 pages of records and created a map showing the general location of each eviction.

Tenant addresses that weren’t singlefamily homes, multi-family homes or commercial living accommodations, such as hotels, were eliminated from the data set. When a single tenant had more than one eviction from the same address, only the most recent case was included.

Michael Scott Davidson Las Vegas Review-Journal