04/04/2016 Sociologist opens door on devastating effects of evictions

Job loss is not the only domino effect triggered by an eviction.

Children are taken out of school. Belongings and heirlooms are lost. Other landlords won’t rent to you. Families are pushed into substandard housing in undesirable parts of the city. Desmond saw firsthand how some became sick and even massively depressed. “It takes a good amount of time and money to establish a home. Eviction can erase all that.”

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