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
Some white Milwakeeans still referred to the North side as 'the cire', as they did in the 1960s, and if they ventured… — 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 Evicted Copy Share Image
If incarceration had come to define the lives of men from impoverished black neighborhoods, eviction was shaping the lives of women. Poor… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
If I wrote in Jacob Riis' time, I'd be writing about teeming slums in our cities and kids dying of tuberculosis or… — Matthew Desmond Battle Copy Share Image
These days, there are sheriff squads whose full-time job is to carry out eviction and foreclosure orders. There are moving companies specializing… — Matthew Desmond Day Copy Share Image
Even growing up the way I did, I was shocked by the level of poverty I saw as a college student. I… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“Another wrote: “First, we are evicting Sheila M, the caller for help from police. She has been beaten by her ‘man’ who… — Matthew Desmond Self defense Copy Share Image
Families who get evicted tend to live in worse housing than they did before, and they live in neighborhoods with higher poverty… — Matthew Desmond Families Copy Share Image
You lose your home, you are much more likely to lose your job the year following. The reason for that comes back… — Matthew Desmond Failure Copy Share Image
“Efforts to establish local cohesion and community investment are thwarted in neighborhoods with high turnover rates. In this way, eviction can unravel… — Matthew Desmond Civic engagement Copy Share Image
Evictions used to be rare in this country. They used to draw crowds. There are scenes in literature where you can come… — Matthew Desmond Books Copy Share Image
Eviction comes with a record, too, and just as a criminal record can bar you from receiving certain benefits or getting a… — Matthew Desmond Bar Copy Share Image
Between 2009 and 2011, more than one in eight Milwaukee renters were displaced involuntarily, whether by formal or informal eviction, landlord foreclosure,… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“Poverty is two-faced—a matter of income and expenses, input and output—and in a world of exploitation, it will not be effectively ameliorated… — Matthew Desmond Exploitation Copy Share Image
Home is the wellspring of personhood, where our identity takes root; where civic life begins. America is supposed to be a place… — Matthew Desmond America Copy Share Image
Since the publication of 'Evicted', I have had countless conversations with concerned families across America. Teachers in under-served communities have told me… — Matthew Desmond Ability 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 Evicted Copy Share Image
Evictions cause job loss. Because it's such a destabilizing, stressful event, they lose their footing in the labor market. It has big… — Matthew Desmond Big impact Copy Share Image
Child Protection Services can get all up in your business if you have kids. Just strictly from a business standpoint, kids are… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“In a typical month, 3 in 4 people in Milwaukee eviction court were black. Of those, 3 in 4 were women. The… — Matthew Desmond Black women Copy Share Image
Payday loans are but one of many financial techniques - from overdraft fees to student loans subsidizing for-profit colleges - specifically designed… — Matthew Desmond Loans Copy Share Image
“Sherrena nodded reassuringly and said, almost to herself, “I guess I got to stop feeling sorry for these people because nobody is… — Matthew Desmond Feeling sorry 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 Depression 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 Housing Copy Share Image
Poverty is a relationship that involves a lot of folks, rich and poor alike. I was looking for something that brought a… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
When you're following people after their eviction, they often start out kind of optimistic, in a way - it's a really tough… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
You meet folks who are funny and really smart and persistent and loving that are confronting this thing we call poverty, which… — Matthew Desmond Country 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 Family Copy Share Image
