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“Tenants in eviction court were generally poor, and almost all of them (92 percent) had missed rent payments. The majority spent at least half…

— 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

“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

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

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

When you ask people why they were evicted, the big reason is nonpayment of rent. They can't afford to keep a roof over their…

— Matthew Desmond

We don't think there are cases where people were evicted out of homes when they shouldn't have been.

— Jamie Dimon

Almost all the people I've met in temporary accommodation fell behind with their rent because of benefit cuts, or found their landlord was no…

— Dawn Foster

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

For people who earn on an average about RS 15,000 a month and who travel a lot, if the salary is late then the…

— Ritesh Agarwal

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

— Matthew Desmond

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

— Robert D Dangoor