African american Quote by Matthew Desmond

The face of the eviction epidemic is moms and kids, especially poor moms from predominantly Latino and African American neighborhoods.

— Matthew Desmond

Moms that get evicted are depressed and have higher rates of depressive symptoms two years later. That has to affect their interactions with their…

— Matthew Desmond

Families who get evicted tend to live in worse housing than they did before, and they live in neighborhoods with higher poverty rates and…

— Matthew Desmond

Just as incarceration has come to define the lives of low-income black men, eviction is defining the lives of low-income black women.

— Matthew Desmond

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

— Matthew Desmond

“Families have watched their incomes stagnate, or even fall, while their housing costs have soared. Today, the majority of poor renting families in America…

— Matthew Desmond

If you look at the American Household Survey, the last time we did that in 2013, renters in over 2.8 million homes thought they…

— Matthew Desmond

Arguably, the families most at need of housing assistance are systematically denied it because they're stamped with an eviction record. Moms and kids are…

— Matthew Desmond

Most poor families are living completely unassisted in a private rental market, devoting most of their income to housing. When you meet people who…

— Matthew Desmond

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

“Often, evicted families also lose the opportunity to benefit from public housing because Housing Authorities count evictions and unpaid debt as strikes when reviewing…

— 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