There is a deep connection, when we're talking about certain market forces and a legal structure that inhibits low or moderate income… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
When you ask people why they were evicted, the big reason is nonpayment of rent. They can't afford to keep a roof… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
It's true that eviction affects the young and the old, the sick and the able-bodied. It affects white folks and black folks… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
National data on evictions aren't collected, although national data on foreclosures are. And so if anyone wants to, kind of, get to… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“A problem as big as the affordable-housing crisis calls for a big solution. It should be at the top of America's domestic-policy… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“Eviction's fallout is severe. Losing a home sends families to shelters, abandoned houses, and the street. It invites depression and illness, compels… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“In Milwaukee, renters with housing vouchers were charged an average of $55 more each month, compared to unassisted renters who lived in… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Families, when they get a housing voucher, they move a lot less. They move into better neighborhoods. Their kids go to the… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“Often, evicted families also lose the opportunity to benefit from public housing because Housing Authorities count evictions and unpaid debt as strikes… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Substandard housing was a blow to your psychological health, not only because things like dampness, mold, and overcrowding could bring about depression… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“For many landlords, it was cheaper to deal with the expense of eviction than to maintain their properties; it was possible to… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Moms that get evicted are depressed and have higher rates of depressive symptoms two years later. That has to affect their interactions… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“Families have watched their incomes stagnate, or even fall, while their housing costs have soared. Today, the majority of poor renting families… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
I don't think we can fix poverty without fixing housing, and I don't think we can address housing without understanding landlords. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share
If we continue to tolerate this level of poverty in our cities, and go along with eviction as commonplace in poor neighborhoods, it's not… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share
You see one eviction, and you're overcome, but then there's another one and another one and another one. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share
When I talk to booksellers, they tell me how hard it is to hand-sell some of my books because I do keep popping around. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share
Housing being a top-order issue for cities is something that's not trivial. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share
I think that we value fairness in this country. We value equal opportunity. Without a stable home, those ideals really fall apart. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share
Exploitation. Now, there's a word that has been scrubbed out of the poverty debate. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share
I think there are ways that graduate students can fact-check their work. I think there are ways that we can do this that don't… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share
Fire itself is very beautiful, and there's an attachment to fire that firefighters have. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share
“Sherrena nodded reassuringly and said, almost to herself, “I guess I got to stop feeling sorry for these people because nobody is feeling sorry… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share
A community that sees so clearly its own disadvantage or its own hardships also has a harder time seeing its potential: its ability to… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share
“It was once said that the poor are 'constantly exposed to evidence of their own irrelevance.' Especially for poor African-American families - who live… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share
A universal voucher program would change the face of poverty in this country. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share
“Wildland firefighters do not enjoy the cultural prestige that structural firefighters do. They do not wax their fire engines and cruise down the local… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share
