When I first came across the Idaho Policy Institute’s eviction data for 2020, one number immediately caught my attention and refused to let go. While the entire state of Idaho was grappling with housing instability during the pandemic, Shoshone County stood out with a formal eviction rate of 1.10 per centper cent. That might not sound like much at first glance, but consider this: it was nearly double the statewide average of 0.6 per cent. In a year when emergency rental assistance programs and eviction moratoriums were supposed to keep people in their homes, this small rural county in northern…
