230 Quotes by Matthew Desmond

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

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 bearing the brunt of those consequences.

Eviction is fundamentally changing the face of poverty.

There is a reason so many Americans choose to develop their net worth through homeownership: It is a proven wealth builder and savings compeller.

Trying to learn from communities and engage with policy makers and community organizers all across the country is really important to me.

If I wrote in Jacob Riis' time, I'd be writing about teeming slums in our cities and kids dying of tuberculosis or outhouses in Philadelphia or kids losing their toes because they were living in homes without heat. He took on a battle in 'The Battle with the Slums' - and we won.

If we care about family stability, if we care about community stability, then we need fewer evictions.

You lose your home, you lose your community, you lose your school, you lose your stuff.

The church should lead on issues of housing and affordability.