Consequences Quote by Matthew Desmond

We want to make sure that anyone facing eviction has access to high-quality legal representation.

— London Breed

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

— 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

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

— Matthew Desmond

If you just catalog the effects eviction has on people's live and neighborhoods, it's pretty troubling.

— 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

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

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 is much more an inevitability than a result of irresponsibility.

— Matthew Desmond

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

— 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

I met a landlord who will pay you to move at the end of the week and let you use his van. That's a…

— Matthew Desmond