Desperation Quote by Matthew Desmond

A lot of people didn't know just what eviction does to people, how it really sets their life on a different and much more…

— 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

Eviction is fundamentally changing the face of poverty.

— Matthew Desmond

“Losing your home and possessions and often your job; being stamped with an eviction record and denied government housing assistance; relocating to degrading housing…

— Matthew Desmond

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

The texture and hardship of poverty and eviction is something that I think left the deepest impression on me, and I hope that I…

— Matthew Desmond

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

— 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

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

An eviction is an incredibly time consuming and stressful event.

— Matthew Desmond

You see one eviction, and you're overcome, but then there's another one and another one and another one.

— Matthew Desmond

Eviction often leads to a disruption in critical services like Medicaid and nutrition assistance when families need them most.

— Michael Bennet