Companies Quote by 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

“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

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

An eviction is an incredibly time consuming and stressful event.

— Matthew Desmond

Evictions used to be rare in this country. They used to draw crowds. There are scenes in literature where you can come upon an…

— Matthew Desmond

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

— Michael Bennet

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

— 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

The more the tenants there are, the later the rent gets paid.

— Robert D Dangoor

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

— Matthew Desmond

Most people work all week to get to the weekend. A few work all weekend for years to get to freedom.

— Robert Kiyosaki

There were evictions that I saw that I know I'll never forget. In one case, the sheriff and the movers came up on a…

— Matthew Desmond