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Matthew Desmond quotes: If poverty persists in America, it is not for lack of resources.

If poverty persists in America, it is not for lack of resources.

Matthew Desmond quotes: Every year in this country, people are evicted from their homes not by the tens of thousands or even the hundreds of thousands but by the millions.

Every year in this country, people are evicted from their homes not by the tens of thousands or even the hundreds of thousands but by the millions.

Matthew Desmond quotes: There was always something worse than the trailer park, always room to drop lower. Residents

There was always something worse than the trailer park, always room to drop lower. Residents

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: What else is a nation but a patchwork of cities and towns; cities and towns a patchwork of neighborhoods; and neighborhoods a patchwork of homes?

What else is a nation but a patchwork of cities and towns; cities and towns a patchwork of neighborhoods; and neighborhoods a patchwork of homes?

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: Eviction reveals people's vulnerability and desperation, as well as their ingenuity and guts.

Eviction reveals people's vulnerability and desperation, as well as their ingenuity and guts.

Matthew Desmond quotes: TODAY WORRIED YOU YESTERDAY AND ALL IS WELL.

TODAY WORRIED YOU YESTERDAY AND ALL IS WELL.

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: 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: Sometimes, the truth comes out slow.

Sometimes, the truth comes out slow.

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: I cannot help you. So, I will find you unworthy of help.

I cannot help you. So, I will find you unworthy of help.

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: By and large, the poor do not want some small life. They don't want to game the system or eke out an existence; they want to thrive and contribute.

By and large, the poor do not want some small life. They don't want to game the system or eke out an existence; they want to thrive and contribute.

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: Our current state of affairs reduces to poverty people born for better things.

Our current state of affairs reduces to poverty people born for better things.