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" 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. "

Matthew Desmond

Because

Consequences

Housing

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People

Community

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Protect

Police

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Potential

Name

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

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Poverty

Understand

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Work

Influence

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