Criminals Quote by Michelle Alexander

Public housing officials are free to discriminate against you on the basis of criminal records, including arrest records. And so, you know, what you…

— Michelle Alexander

Private landlords as well as public landlords are free to discriminate against people with criminal records for the rest of their lives. You come…

— Michelle Alexander

Public housing is off-limits to you if you have been convicted of a felony. For a minimum of five years, you are deemed ineligible…

— Michelle Alexander

Eviction comes with a record. Just like a criminal record can hurt you in the jobs market, eviction can hurt you in the housing…

— 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

“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

Eviction comes with a record, too, and just as a criminal record can bar you from receiving certain benefits or getting a foothold in…

— Matthew Desmond

The free state offers what a police state denies - the privacy of the home, the dignity and peace of mind of the individual.

— William O. Douglas

I believe that the members of my family must be as free from suspicion as from actual crime.

— Julius Caesar

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

Once you've acquired a criminal record, you can be discriminated against legally in employment, housing, and access to education and public benefits. You're relegated…

— Michelle Alexander

You could make a case for job creation or education, police on the street, but none of those things can happen unless we got…

— Mike Quigley