--- title: "17 Evictions Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 17 Evictions quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best Evictions sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/matthew-desmond-1529_allow_most-cities-don-t-have-a-just-cause-evic_1019553.jpg" --- > [Most cities don't have a just cause eviction law. Most allow no cause evictions, as well as evictions for nonpayment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/most-cities-don-t-have-a-just-cause-eviction-law-most-allow-no-cause/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d1f/matthew-desmond-1529_allow_most-cities-don-t-have-a-just-cause-evic_1019553.jpg) > [If we care about family stability, if we care about community stability, then we need fewer evictions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/if-we-care-about-family-stability-if-we-care-about-community/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3be/matthew-desmond-1529_care_if-we-care-about-family-stability-if-we_643614.jpg) > [Child Protection Services can get all up in your business if you have kids. Just strictly from a business standpoint, kids are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/child-protection-services-can-get-all-up-in-your-business-if-you-have/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/matthew-desmond-1529_actually_child-protection-services-can-get-all-up_712674.jpg) > [There are moving companies specializing in evictions, their crews working all day, every weekday.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/there-are-moving-companies-specializing-in-evictions-their-crews/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e32/matthew-desmond-1529_companies_there-are-moving-companies-specializing_1844414.jpg) > [Evictions cause job loss. Because it's such a destabilizing, stressful event, they lose their footing in the labor market. It has big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/evictions-cause-job-loss-because-it-s-such-a-destabilizing-stressful/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e5/matthew-desmond-1529_big-impact_evictions-cause-job-loss-because-it-s-su_1536107.jpg) > [Just strictly from a business standpoint, kids are a liability to landlords, and they actually provoke evictions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/just-strictly-from-a-business-standpoint-kids-are-a-liability-to/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88f/matthew-desmond-1529_actually_just-strictly-from-a-business-standpoint_951108.jpg) > [“Evictions should be the absolute last resort for landlords and not the first-choice, nuclear option. Evicting people is mostly an unnecessary exercise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stewart-stafford/evictions-should-be-the-absolute-last-resort-for-landlords-and-not/) [Stewart Stafford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stewart-stafford/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fb/stewart-stafford-3104_ego-trip_evictions-should-be-the-absolute-last-re_1938211.jpg) > [My parents were dealing with evictions and repossessions and electricity getting shut off, and I just realized that I had to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwayne-johnson/my-parents-were-dealing-with-evictions-and-repossessions-and/) [Dwayne Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwayne-johnson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55f/dwayne-johnson-1126_electricity_my-parents-were-dealing-with-evictions-a_2716445.jpg) > [“Often, evicted families also lose the opportunity to benefit from public housing because Housing Authorities count evictions and unpaid debt as strikes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/often-evicted-families-also-lose-the-opportunity-to-benefit-from/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f40/matthew-desmond-1529_family_often-evicted-families-also-lose-the-opp_1457494.jpg) > [These days, there are sheriff squads whose full-time job is to carry out eviction and foreclosure orders. There are moving companies specializing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/these-days-there-are-sheriff-squads-whose-full-time-job-is-to-carry-2/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ee/matthew-desmond-1529_day_these-days-there-are-sheriff-squads-whos_2880355.jpg) > [Evictions used to be rare in this country. They used to draw crowds. There are scenes in literature where you can come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/evictions-used-to-be-rare-in-this-country-they-used-to-draw-crowds/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0b/matthew-desmond-1529_books_evictions-used-to-be-rare-in-this-countr_371083.jpg) > [There were evictions that I saw that I know I'll never forget. In one case, the sheriff and the movers came up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/there-were-evictions-that-i-saw-that-i-know-i-ll-never-forget-in-one/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f94/matthew-desmond-1529_children_there-were-evictions-that-i-saw-that-i-k_1856752.jpg) > [“Trailer park residents rarely raised a fuss about a neighbor’s eviction, whether that person was a known drug addict or not. Evictions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/trailer-park-residents-rarely-raised-a-fuss-about-a-neighbor-s/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6a/matthew-desmond-1529_drug-addict_trailer-park-residents-rarely-raised-a-f_2560442.jpg) > [Since evictions go through court, it has a record that comes with it, and many landlords that I spend time with use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/since-evictions-go-through-court-it-has-a-record-that-comes-with-it/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7aa/matthew-desmond-1529_big_since-evictions-go-through-court-it-has_1112572.jpg) > [“These days, there are sheriff squads whose full-time job is to carry out eviction and foreclosure orders. There are moving companies specializing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/these-days-there-are-sheriff-squads-whose-full-time-job-is-to-carry/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c2/matthew-desmond-1529_housing_these-days-there-are-sheriff-squads-whos_2314653.jpg) > [“In Milwaukee, a city of fewer than 105,000 renter households, landlords evict roughly 16,000 adults and children each year. That's sixteen families…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/in-milwaukee-a-city-of-fewer-than-105-000-renter-households-landlords/) [Matthew Desmond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-desmond/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/510/matthew-desmond-1529_children_in-milwaukee-a-city-of-fewer-than-105-00_3112169.jpg) > [Rent-stabilized tenants face harassment. They face illegal evictions. They're confronted with ceaseless 'buy-out' offers that promise a quick buck if they give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-de-blasio/rent-stabilized-tenants-face-harassment-they-face-illegal-evictions/) [Bill de Blasio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-de-blasio/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/880/bill-de-blasio-11259_face_rent-stabilized-tenants-face-harassment_1814916.png) ## Top authors on Evictions - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-matthew-desmond-1529.jpg) Matthew Desmond 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evictions/matthew-desmond/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evictions/#itemlist", "name": "Evictions Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Most cities don't have a just cause eviction law. 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They used to draw crowds. There are scenes in literature where you can come upon an eviction - like, in 'Invisible Man' there's the famous eviction scene in Harlem, and people are gathered around, and they move the family back in.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Matthew Desmond" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/evictions-used-to-be-rare-in-this-country-they-used-to-draw-crowds/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0b/matthew-desmond-1529_books_evictions-used-to-be-rare-in-this-countr_371083.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0b/matthew-desmond-1529_books_evictions-used-to-be-rare-in-this-countr_371083.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0b/matthew-desmond-1529_books_evictions-used-to-be-rare-in-this-countr_371083.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Evictions used to be rare in this country. They used to draw crowds. 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And the sheriff executed the eviction order - moved the kids' stuff out on the street on a cold, rainy day.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Matthew Desmond" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-desmond/there-were-evictions-that-i-saw-that-i-know-i-ll-never-forget-in-one/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f94/matthew-desmond-1529_children_there-were-evictions-that-i-saw-that-i-k_1856752.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f94/matthew-desmond-1529_children_there-were-evictions-that-i-saw-that-i-k_1856752.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f94/matthew-desmond-1529_children_there-were-evictions-that-i-saw-that-i-k_1856752.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There were evictions that I saw that I know I'll never forget. 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There are moving companies specializing in evictions, their crews working all day, every weekday. There are hundreds of data-mining companies that sell landlords tenant screening reports listing past evictions and court filings.2 These days, housing courts swell, forcing commissioners to settle cases in hallways or makeshift offices crammed with old desks and broken file cabinets—and most tenants don’t even show up. Low-income families have grown used to the rumble of moving trucks, the early-morning knocks at the door, the belongings lining the curb. 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That's sixteen families evicted through the court system daily. But there are other ways, cheaper and quicker ways, for landlords to remove a family than through court order. Some landlords pay tenants a couple hundred dollars to leave by the end of the week. Some take off the front door. Nearly half of all forced moves experienced by renting families in Milwaukee are 'informal evictions' that take place in the shadow of the law. If you count all forms of involuntary displacement - formal and informal evictions, landlord foreclosures, building condemnations - you discover that between 2009 and 2011 more than 1 in 8 Milwaukee renters experienced a forced move. There is nothing special about Milwaukee when it comes to eviction. The numbers are similar in Kansas City, Cleveland, Chicago, and other cities. In 2013, 1 in 8 poor renting families nationwide were unable to pay all of their rent, and a similar number thought it was likely they would be evicted soon. 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