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" Eviction comes with a record, too, and just as a criminal record can bar you from receiving certain benefits or getting a foothold in the labor market, the record of eviction comes with consequences as well. It can bar you from getting good housing in a good neighborhood. "

Matthew Desmond

Good

Consequences

Housing

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" Just as incarceration has come to define the lives of low-income black men, eviction is defining the lives of low-income black women. "

" An eviction is an incredibly time consuming and stressful event. "

" I don't think we can fix poverty without fixing housing, and I don't think we can address housing without understanding landlords. "

" When you're following people after their eviction, they often start out kind of optimistic, in a way - it's a really tough time, but it's also like a new start. Who knows where they might end up? "

" Young mothers who apply for housing assistance in our nation's capital literally could be grandmothers by the time their application is reviewed. "