Children didn't shield families from eviction: They exposed them to it. — Matthew Desmond Children Copy Share Image
A universal voucher program would change the face of poverty in this country. — Matthew Desmond Change Copy Share Image
“People who were repulsed by their home, who felt they had no control over it, and yet had to give most of… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“When people have a place to live, they become better parents, workers, and citizens. If” — Matthew Desmond Live better Copy Share Image
If you look at the American Household Survey, the last time we did that in 2013, renters in over 2.8 million homes… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
There is a reason so many Americans choose to develop their net worth through homeownership: It is a proven wealth builder and… — Matthew Desmond 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
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
African American women, and moms in particular, are evicted at disproportionately high rates. — Matthew Desmond African american 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
“For poor people, this required identifying with the oppressed, and counting yourself among them—which was something most trailer park residents were absolutely… — Matthew Desmond Housing Copy Share Image
Why young men from the country become firefighters is hard to explain to people who are not from the country. For most… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Tenants don't have any right to court-appointed attorneys in civil court, so they're either facing their landlord - or his or her… — Matthew Desmond Alone Copy Share Image
I met a landlord who will pay you to move at the end of the week and let you use his van.… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Arguably, the families most at need of housing assistance are systematically denied it because they're stamped with an eviction record. Moms and… — Matthew Desmond Consequences Copy Share Image
Without the ability to plant roots and invest in your community or your school - because you're paying 60, 70, 80 percent… — Matthew Desmond Ability 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
If we are going to spend the bulk of our public dollars on the affluent - at least when it comes to… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“A universal housing voucher program would carve a middle path between the landlord’s desire to make a living and the tenant’s desire,… — Matthew Desmond 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
“Poor neighborhoods provided their residents with quite a lot. In the trailer park, residents met people who knew how to pirate cable,… — Matthew Desmond Community Copy Share Image
“It was once said that the poor are 'constantly exposed to evidence of their own irrelevance.' Especially for poor African-American families -… — Matthew Desmond Community Copy Share Image
“People like Larraine lived with so many compounded limitations that it was difficult to imagine the amount of good behavior or self-control… — Matthew Desmond Good behavior Copy Share Image
“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… — Matthew Desmond Children Copy Share Image
“Residential stability begets a kind of psychological stability, which allows people to invest in their home and social relationships. It begets school… — Matthew Desmond Housing Copy Share Image
“Between 2009 and 2011, nearly half of all renters in Milwaukee experienced a serious and lasting housing problem.14 More than 1 in… — Matthew Desmond African american Copy Share Image
Eviction riots erupted during the Depression, though the number of poor families who faced eviction each year was a fraction of what… — Matthew Desmond Depression Copy Share Image
I see myself working in the tradition of sociology and journalism that tries to bear witness to poverty. — Matthew Desmond Journalism Copy Share Image
Trying to learn from communities and engage with policy makers and community organizers all across the country is really important to me. — Matthew Desmond Community Copy Share Image
It takes a good amount of time and money to establish a home. Eviction can erase all that. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
“One's sovereignty over the land is expressed most powerfully in the act of banishment. Perhaps the first eviction recorded in human history… — Matthew Desmond Adam and eve Copy Share Image
Eviction reveals people's vulnerability and desperation as well as their ingenuity and guts. — Matthew Desmond Desperation Copy Share Image
Housing is absolutely essential to human flourishing. Without stable shelter, it all falls apart. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Home is the center of life. It's the wellspring of personhood. It's where we say we're ourselves. — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
When you meet people who are spending 70, 80 percent of their income on rent, eviction becomes much more of an inevitability… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
A lot of us who grew up in the country, hunting and fishing, being very familiar with the woods and dirt roads,… — Matthew Desmond Country Copy Share Image
The home is the center of life - a refuge from the grind of work, pressure of school, menace of the streets,… — Matthew Desmond Copy Share Image
Ours was not always a nation of homeowners; the New Deal fashioned it so, particularly through the G.I. Bill of Rights. — 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
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
