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Matthew Desmond Quotes: "No one thought the poor more undeserving than the poor themselves."

No one thought the poor more undeserving than the poor themselves.



Matthew Desmond Quotes: "Eviction is a cause, not just a condition, of poverty."

Eviction is a cause, not just a condition, of poverty.




Matthew Desmond Quotes: "If incarceration had come to define the lives of men from impoverished black neighborhoods, eviction was shaping the lives of women. Poor black men were locked up. Poor black women were locked out."

If incarceration had come to define the lives of men from impoverished black neighborhoods, eviction was shaping the lives of women. Poor black men were locked up. Poor black women were locked out.



Matthew Desmond Quotes: "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."

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.




Matthew Desmond Quotes: "It was not that low-income renters didn’t know their rights. They just knew those rights would cost them."

It was not that low-income renters didn’t know their rights. They just knew those rights would cost them.



Matthew Desmond Quotes: "Most poor people in America were like Arleen: they did not live in public housing or apartments subsidized by vouchers. Three in four families who qualified for assistance received nothing."

Most poor people in America were like Arleen: they did not live in public housing or apartments subsidized by vouchers. Three in four families who qualified for assistance received nothing.



Matthew Desmond Quotes: "Today, the majority of poor renting families in America spend over half of their income on housing, and at least one in four dedicates over 70 percent to paying the rent and keeping the lights on."

Today, the majority of poor renting families in America spend over half of their income on housing, and at least one in four dedicates over 70 percent to paying the rent and keeping the lights on.




Matthew Desmond Quotes: "Families with children were turned away in as many as 7 in 10 housing searches."

Families with children were turned away in as many as 7 in 10 housing searches.



Matthew Desmond Quotes: "In 1930, the death rate for Milwaukee’s blacks was nearly 60 percent higher than the citywide rate, due in large part to poor housing conditions."

In 1930, the death rate for Milwaukee’s blacks was nearly 60 percent higher than the citywide rate, due in large part to poor housing conditions.



Matthew Desmond Quotes: "Our cities have become unaffordable to our poorest families, and this problem is leaving a deep and jagged scar on our next generation."

Our cities have become unaffordable to our poorest families, and this problem is leaving a deep and jagged scar on our next generation.



Matthew Desmond Quotes: "Poverty is not just a sad accident, but it's also a result of the fact that some people make a lot of money off low-income families and directly contribute to their poverty."

Poverty is not just a sad accident, but it's also a result of the fact that some people make a lot of money off low-income families and directly contribute to their poverty.



Matthew Desmond Quotes: "The face of America's eviction epidemic is a mom with kids."

The face of America's eviction epidemic is a mom with kids.




Matthew Desmond Quotes: "If eviction has these massive consequences that we all pay for, a very smart use of public funds would be to invest in legal services for folks facing eviction."

If eviction has these massive consequences that we all pay for, a very smart use of public funds would be to invest in legal services for folks facing eviction.



Matthew Desmond Quotes: "My dad was a preacher."

My dad was a preacher.