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Home is the center of life. It's the wellspring of personhood. It's where we say we're ourselves.

Matthew Desmond

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Home is the wellspring of personhood, where our identity takes root; where civic life begins. America is supposed to be a place where you can better yourself, your family, and your community.
โ€” Matthew Desmond
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Home is where children find safety and security, where we find our identities, where citizenship starts. It usually starts with believing you're part of a community, and that is essential to having a stable home.
โ€” Matthew Desmond
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It takes a good amount of time and money to establish a home. Eviction can erase all that.
โ€” Matthew Desmond
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Do we believe housing is a right and that affordable housing is part of what it should mean to be an American? I say yes.
โ€” Matthew Desmond
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In 1930, the death rate for Milwaukeeรขโ‚ฌโ„ขs blacks was nearly 60 percent higher than the citywide rate, due in large part to poor housing conditions.
โ€” Matthew Desmond
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