I left college with a deep sense that I needed to understand poverty more. — Matthew Desmond College Copy Share Image
“In the inner city, much was made of early milestones. Later ones might never come. —” — Matthew Desmond Inner city Copy Share Image
Eviction is much more an inevitability than a result of irresponsibility. — Matthew Desmond Eviction Copy Share Image
The church should lead on issues of housing and affordability. — Matthew Desmond Church Copy Share Image
The face of America's eviction epidemic is a mom with kids. — Matthew Desmond America Copy Share Image
I come from a specific tradition of sociology, which is urban ethnography. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Poverty was a relationship, I thought, involving poor and rich people alike. — Matthew Desmond Money Copy Share Image
'Sag Harbor' brought me a new readership - it's a coming of age tale about growing up in the '80s. — Matthew Desmond Age Copy Share Image
I don't think that you can address poverty unless you address the lack of affordable housing in the cities. — Matthew Desmond Affordable housing Copy Share Image
African American women, and moms in particular, are evicted at disproportionately high rates. — Matthew Desmond African american Copy Share Image
The face of the eviction epidemic is moms and kids, especially poor moms from predominantly Latino and African American neighborhoods. — Matthew Desmond African american Copy Share Image
It is very rare in the life of an intellectual to see your support network show up all at once. — Matthew Desmond Intellectual Copy Share Image
I had come to college believing in a story that if you worked hard, the American dream was reachable. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Poor families are living above their means, in apartments they cannot afford. The thing is, those apartments are already at the bottom… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Eviction affects old folks and young folks, sick people and able-bodied people, white communities and African-American communities. — Matthew Desmond Eviction Copy Share Image
Healthcare providers have helped me see that decent, safe housing can promote physical and mental wellness; and engaged citizens have shown me… — Matthew Desmond Civic Copy Share Image
Since evictions go through court, it has a record that comes with it, and many landlords that I spend time with use… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“In the vast majority of cases (83 percent), landlords who received a nuisance citation for domestic violence responded by either evicting the… — Matthew Desmond Domestic violence Copy Share Image
“For example, a program that ran from 2005 to 2008 in the South Bronx provided more than 1,300 families with legal assistance… — Matthew Desmond Family Copy Share Image
In February 1932, the 'Times' published an account of community resistance to the eviction of three families in the Bronx, observing, 'Probably… — Matthew Desmond Cold Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a book about poverty that wasn't only about the poor. I was looking for some sort of narrative… — Matthew Desmond Book Copy Share Image
“Along with instability, eviction also causes loss. Families lose not only their home, school, and neighborhood but also their possessions: furniture, clothes,… — Matthew Desmond Books Copy Share Image
A lot of people didn't know just what eviction does to people, how it really sets their life on a different and… — Matthew Desmond Acting Copy Share Image
“Most federal housing subsidies benefit families with six-figure incomes.59 If we are going to spend the bulk of our public dollars on… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“When tenements began appearing in New York City in the mid-1800s, rent in the worst slums was 30 percent higher than in… — Matthew Desmond Black ghetto Copy Share Image
“A universal voucher program is but one potential policy recommendation. Let others come. Establishing the basic right to housing in America could… — Matthew Desmond Housing Copy Share Image
“The pursuit of happiness undeniably includes the pursuit of material well-being: minimally, being able to secure basic necessities. It can be overwhelming… — Matthew Desmond Happiness Copy Share Image
“We have the money. We've just made choices about how to spend it. Over the years, lawmakers on both sides of the… — Matthew Desmond Homeland security Copy Share Image
“A single eviction could destabilize multiple city blocks, not only the block from which a family was evicted but also the block… — Matthew Desmond Displacement Copy Share Image
“Wildland firefighters do not enjoy the cultural prestige that structural firefighters do. They do not wax their fire engines and cruise down… — Matthew Desmond Fire Copy Share Image
“Milwaukee used to be flush with good jobs. But throughout the second half of the twentieth century, bosses in search of cheap… — Matthew Desmond Cheap labor Copy Share Image
You can get out of maintaining property at code if the family is behind on rent. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
A universal voucher program would change the face of poverty in this country. — Matthew Desmond Change Copy Share Image
Children didn't shield families from eviction: They exposed them to it. — Matthew Desmond Children Copy Share Image
Losing a home sends families to shelters, abandoned houses, and the street. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
When I want to understand a problem, I want to understand it from the ground level. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Everywhere else, we are someone else, but at home, we remove our masks. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“they tried to survive in color, to season the suffering with pleasure.” — Matthew Desmond Suffering Copy Share Image
