Matthew Desmond, "Evicted"
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- Опубліковано 16 бер 2016
- Supplemented with statistics from court records, police call logs, school reports, and other documents, Desmond’s exhaustive fieldwork comprises a wrenching portrait of urban poverty and shows that safe, affordable housing is as crucial as jobs, education, and other social safety nets in fostering stable cities.
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Eye opening novel. Changed my perspective on eviction and the cycle of poverty.
What a good human being Matthew is.
... when you say good things about other people ?
I watched the frontline documentary “two American families” that centers on the struggles of two working class families from Milwaukee. This book means so much to me
thank you for showing us the truth about the renters conditions in American society.
... when you say good things about other people ?
imi glad im studying this for school this shit bring tears to my eyes as somebody who has as an similar backround of this thank you for bringing light to this
Thank you professor...I have ordered this book and I have got it through Professor RICHARD wolf....
Extraordinary. This moves me to action today.
I'm homeless and on disability. A criminal former employer and health problems from a club foot at birth brought me to this point. I'm lucky to have an improvement in my health due to medical technology. I'm the exception and still face tremendous difficulties.
well if you are male I'd say you are being very modest and that your suffering is probably harder than you could say. I get that. I think that in general individual cases of triumph are numerous but does not necessarily illustrate the point that policy toward the poor is predominantly less generous in some or most places than its policy towards (shall we say) itself...and the suffering caused by that stuff...is unspeakable because it is so prevalent and hard to get a handle on in so many ways. I get that too.
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rent control was just removed in my city and of course our rent is almost doubled.
And 7 years later, the Issue STILL is The WAITING LIST!!! 😰👿😡😰 O-M-G!!!
Some states are Doing Lotteries, Just to get ON the Section 8 Waiting List, let alone, Actually ON Section 8...Nope, Not even to get Section 8 itself, but just to get on the Waiting List For Section 8...Imagine That!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How Sad, Indeed!
A striking presentation.
For the future, it'd be great to get a wider view that included whatever is on the screen (photos?).
m from india and bought it from merica ... costs me a lot but was totally worth it
Good research. Good topic. It’s a blessing when people want to help people.
... when you say good things about other people ?
Brilliant solutions truly hope this will start a change!
Lived in the projects most of my life. Major problems include NIMBY, the value of land sharply increasing, the illusion of the American dream (high demand-low supply - everyone wants their own seperate home), increased business and corporate presence in housing and renting, various failed large public housing projects, the serious problems in the ones still around, and the political (including bigoted) concerns of why should we have housing programs and whose it going to, and lastly developers lack incentives to build affordable housing.
Right, the long term consequences of Reagan's shutdown of Affordable Housing.
Good. Youre not entitled to other peoples money lmao
@@painexotic3757Exactly. Your pleb money belongs to Lockheed Martin.
Could I show this video in a public presentation?
Thank you Matthew,this is the truth
His book is very insightful. But, I wonder whether or not the professor did or is going to donate some of the proceeds from his book to the cause. Ofcourse he doesn't have to, but many times we identify a problem with the expectation that someone else's money should fix it and not our own. Don't know if that's the case here, just curious. Great research though.
Good morning
Starts at 2:30
Such an affront to blind misery.
There is already housing here but it is way backed up, woman with children always get priority. Disabled, poor, and veterans always are pushed to the end of the line.
At the federal level, there is way more funding for veterans and senior housing versus single mothers. The VASH vouchers are prioritized ahead of increasing section 8 vouchers. As a social worker, I am happy to hear children are being prioritized in your community although I think it would be far better if there was a universal housing voucher like Professor Desmond argues.
How is the solution he recommends different from HUD?
It is the solution of HUD but reducing the waiting time and list ; funding the program with enough money to cover all who need it. Making America a little more like Europe . Europe has public housing programs.
This is the HUD program improving the time on the waiting list and the funding the program to meet all the people's needs for housing .
HUD doesn't promote a right to housing.
Guaranteeing access to shelter is communism.
Thank goodness for slumlords because even though they rent out slums at least these landlords will give you a chance
The system incentivizes slumlords
Like Healthcare, there are Short-Term, Long-Term and Prevention fixes. These real stories of poverty are tragic. ST: Social worker that anchor the family, refer resources. LT: incentify self sufficiency and accomplishment. P: the poor must learn the detriments of impulsive behavior sighting the EVICTED findings. It's very expensive being impulsive.
Any brown students here?
Ceciliam Florimont u not do ur summer reading too?
There is an additional subsidy program hinted at here. The money landlords give tenants through lost rent, damages and court costs. How many non landlords would give up a months pay to help their employer?
Found the landlord
Seems like we need to get back to the basics and follow Gods laws. This way there would be no family without a father, a mother and children. We can not solve any problem if we don't have a family unit with a mother, father and children. Children need both parents. Let's start talking about this and then try to solve the problems that come with single family parents.
Many men perished during the Korean and Vietnam wars. What was put in place to protect fatherless families, welfare, incentivize mothers to stay single, even new mothers today. Never thought of putting an expiration date. You are absolutely right, fix the first problem. A father and mother figure maximizes the chances of well balanced children.
Start following Arlene from the point when she may not have finished high school, had an out of wedlock birth, or had her first encounter with the criminal justice system. Or when her parents did. An eviction is one milestone in a lifetime of decisions and accidents.
maybe for the well connected and protected and employed, for her it might be the hole she finally slips through in that shabby safety net. For many people safety is a birth-ensured conviction that virtually ensures all these essentials are in place. If you think she was too stupid to qualify you might rethink that opinion. Most of the privileged rich asshats in power feel just like you but what are u all so glad to leave behind? Maybe the failure of true happiness? Maybe the idea that wealth involves hurtful decisions every second and that cant be ignored. And if that's ok remember the Constitution and your civics classes as a kid and how the American Experiment in Deliberate Constitutionalism (with bs like liberty and justice for all) is being betrayed this second as long as the well to do think like u. I don't take comments by the way. I have heard them all my life...
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Not alone pal
I think we inflict suffering onto the poor IN ORDER to try to hide from our own bad conscience, or should I say I think the rich inflicts suffering onto the poor as kind of a "projection" mechanism. Bad conscience in my opinion is about apathy regarding double standards, strained arguments about deservingness etc...
If there are homeless people then the rich can extract more money out of you. Since you can see what happens when you don't let the rich exploit you.
His book is based in one of the most democratically controlled areas of the country. Obv what they are suggesting isn't working
Incredibly ignorant statement. Cites altogether are Democratically run in blue states and red states. Also, try actaully reading the book instead of getting your education scrolling through videos.
Sounds like we don't have an "eviction crisis", we have a crisis with women choosing to become single mothers and choosing to live in expensive cities.
P S this is the most ignorrant comment i think ive ever seen lol
I can tell by the ignorance of this comment that you did not read his book OR understand the US economy from a economic or socio-economic viewpoint.
wow! please educate yourself before making such outrageous statements!
@@lowfivelou Nope, he's right. Black women have the HIGHEST rate of having children out of wedlock. Poverty + children = more poverty. Common sense stuff. Now top this with living in an expensive liberal city, you're destined to stay in poverty. I know this because I've seen in over and over and over again with people i grew up around. They have kids in their late teens to early 20s with some deadbeat. The deadbeat rarely comes around or vanishes. Now they're stuck having to take care of the kids themselves (or with gov assistance). So now they get stuck in the loop of welfare and even become entitled because of it. so they start pointing the finger and blaming everyone else but themselves for being irresponsible. You know how I escaped that trap? Using common sense. Don't have kids you can't afford, learn a skill valuable to the market, keep your expenses low, and invest everything you have leftover. You can easily escape poverty no later than age 25-30 if you apply this.. I have.
@@theluckienurse And i can tell that you've never grew up around poor people lmao. As someone who has, this book is BS. It's, yet again, another book trying to cater to people who made bad choices in their lives.