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I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.

- Matthew Desmond
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Matthew Desmond
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Evictions used to be rare in this country. They used to draw crowds. There are scenes in literature where you can come upon an eviction - like, in 'Invisible Man' there's the famous eviction scene in Harlem, and people are gathered around, and they move the family back in.

Evictions used to be rare in this country. They used to draw crowds. There are scenes in literature where you can come upon an eviction - like, in 'Invisible Man' there's the famous eviction scene in Harlem, and people are gathered around, and they move the family back in.

The cost of evictions varies a lot, but it could be for landlords an expensive process as well. Among the costs for landlords as well is the emotional costs of an eviction.

Eviction causes loss. You lose not only your home but also your possessions, which are thrown onto the curb or taken by movers, and often you can't keep up payments.

'Sag Harbor' brought me a new readership - it's a coming of age tale about growing up in the '80s.

It takes a good amount of time and money to establish a home. Eviction can erase all that.

Child Protection Services can get all up in your business if you have kids. Just strictly from a business standpoint, kids are a liability to landlords, and they actually provoke evictions.

Poor families are living above their means, in apartments they cannot afford. The thing is, those apartments are already at the bottom of the market.

No moral code or ethical principle, no piece of scripture or holy teaching, can be summoned to defend what we have allowed our country to become.

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I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.

I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.

I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.

I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.

I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.

I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.

I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.

I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.

I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.

I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.

I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.

I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.

I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.

I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.

I came to the realization of how essential a role housing plays in the lives of the poor.