Debbie’s Reviews > Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City > Status Update

“The harder feat for any fieldworkers is not getting in; it’s leaving. And the more difficult ethical dilemma is not how to respond when asked to help it how to respond when you are given so much. I have been blessed by countless acts of generosity from the people I met in Milwaukee. Each one reminds me how gracefully hey refuse to be reduced to their hardships. Poverty has not prevailed against their deep humanity.”

“Decent, affordable housing should be a basic right for everybody in this country. He reason is simple: without stable shelter, everything else falls apart.”

“Our cities have become unaffordable to our poorest families, and this problem is leaving a deep and jagged scar on the next generation.”

“The persistence and brutality of American poverty can be disheartening, leaving us cynical about solutions. But as Scott and Patrice will tell you, a good home can serve as the sturdiest of footholds. When people have a place to live, they become better parents, workers, and citizens.”