Face Quote by Bill de Blasio

Evictions cause job loss. Because it's such a destabilizing, stressful event, they lose their footing in the labor market. It has big impacts on…

— Matthew Desmond

“These days, there are sheriff squads whose full-time job is to carry out eviction and foreclosure orders. There are moving companies specializing in evictions,…

— Matthew Desmond

Eviction causes loss. You lose not only your home but also your possessions, which are thrown onto the curb or taken by movers, and…

— Matthew Desmond

“Tenants able to pay their rent in full each month could take advantage of legal protections designed to keep their housing safe and decent.…

— Matthew Desmond

“Eviction's fallout is severe. Losing a home sends families to shelters, abandoned houses, and the street. It invites depression and illness, compels families to…

— Matthew Desmond

As a Manhattan resident, I'm gutted by what certain landlords are doing, pushing folks who have lived in their apartments for decades out of…

— Amanda Warren

Eviction is part of a business model at the bottom of the market.

— Matthew Desmond

There is a deep connection, when we're talking about certain market forces and a legal structure that inhibits low or moderate income families from…

— Matthew Desmond

Eviction affects old folks and young folks, sick people and able-bodied people, white communities and African-American communities.

— Matthew Desmond

If you have someone who is paying 88 percent of her income on rent, and we have laws that allow a landlord to evict…

— Matthew Desmond

Almost all the people I've met in temporary accommodation fell behind with their rent because of benefit cuts, or found their landlord was no…

— Dawn Foster

It's true that eviction affects the young and the old, the sick and the able-bodied. It affects white folks and black folks and Hispanic…

— Matthew Desmond