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Just strictly from a business standpoint, kids are a liability to landlords, and they actually provoke evictions.

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

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Ours was not always a nation of homeowners; the New Deal fashioned it so, particularly through the G.I. Bill of Rights.

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Tenants don't have any right to court-appointed attorneys in civil court, so they're either facing their landlord - or his or her attorney - alone, or they just don't show up. That reflects a severe power imbalance.

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If we continue to tolerate this level of poverty in our cities, and go along with eviction as commonplace in poor neighborhoods, it's not for a lack of resources. It will be a lack of something else.

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Eviction causes loss. You lose not only your home but also your possessions, which are thrown onto the curb or taken by movers, and often you can't keep up payments.

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If you just catalog the effects eviction has on people's live and neighborhoods, it's pretty troubling.

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I met a landlord who will pay you to move at the end of the week and let you use his van. That's a really nice kind of eviction. I met a landlord who will take your door off. There are 101 ways to move a family out.

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I started a student organization that was basically designed to connect students with homeless folks. We visited them and sometimes brought food, but mostly we were there for swapping stories.

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American greatness can be further unlocked if opportunity is expanded to all people within its borders.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Sociologist

Born: Unknown

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