Mar 23
I extracted the data from the 28,835 Milwaukee County eviction cases between 1/1/13 and 2/28/15.
Landlords who went to court lost $22,677,299.01 in these 26 months.
Remember this was only Milwaukee County And only a small fraction of cases end up in court or are pursued to a money judgment. Most owners I’ve spoken to tell me that less than a quarter of their non paying tenants end up in eviction court.
Some sad facts:
- Only half the cases resulted in a money judgment against the tenant (14,424 of the 28,835)
- 12066 were dismissed either by the court or on stip
- Largest judgment $243,255.95 (commercial)
- Largest residential eviction judgment: $24,348.00
- Smallest judgment $1.30
- 4,020 judgments under $200
- 6,846 judgments over a grand ($1,000-243,255)
- 4,194 judgments over two grand ($2,000-243,255)
- 2,106 Judgments over three grand ($3,000-243,255)
- 1,068 Judgments over four grand ($4,000-243,255)
