Any Quote by Ed Lee

An eviction is an incredibly time consuming and stressful event.

— 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

When you meet people who are spending 70, 80 percent of their income on rent, eviction becomes much more of an inevitability than the…

— 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

“Evictions should be the absolute last resort for landlords and not the first-choice, nuclear option. Evicting people is mostly an unnecessary exercise in power-tripping…

— Stewart Stafford

It takes a good amount of time and money to establish a home. Eviction can erase all that.

— Matthew Desmond

“The effect of living with children on receiving an eviction judgment was equivalent to falling four months behind in rent.12”

— Matthew Desmond

Since evictions go through court, it has a record that comes with it, and many landlords that I spend time with use that as…

— Matthew Desmond

Without the ability to plant roots and invest in your community or your school - because you're paying 60, 70, 80 percent of your…

— Matthew Desmond

Most cities don't have a just cause eviction law. Most allow no cause evictions, as well as evictions for nonpayment.

— Matthew Desmond

Eviction comes with a record. Just like a criminal record can hurt you in the jobs market, eviction can hurt you in the housing…

— Matthew Desmond

We have probed the earth, excavated it, burned it, ripped things from it, buried things in it… That does not fit my definition of…

— Rose Bird