Ego trip Quote by Stewart Stafford

An eviction is an incredibly time consuming and stressful event.

— 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

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

Eviction is fundamentally changing the face of poverty.

— 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

“In the vast majority of cases (83 percent), landlords who received a nuisance citation for domestic violence responded by either evicting the tenants or…

— Matthew Desmond

Just strictly from a business standpoint, kids are a liability to landlords, and they actually provoke evictions.

— Matthew Desmond

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

— Matthew Desmond

“For many landlords, it was cheaper to deal with the expense of eviction than to maintain their properties; it was possible to skimp on…

— Matthew Desmond

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

— Michael Bennet

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

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