Evicted discussion

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

I work at 211info, an agency that provides information and referrals about community resources, nonEvicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City-profits, and social services. Many of our callers are looking for rental assistance to pay their month rent, or help with a deposit to get into a new place. Others are looking for help to overcome evictions or other barriers in their rental history.

When this book was highlighted by Multnomah County Library for 2017, my coworker suggested we read it. I am looking forward to reading it, and learning more about the impact the housing crisis.

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My own experience growing up as a kid is why I read/listened to this. We are lucky to have a place to live now that is more secure. This was not true at all when the landlord wanted us out by raising the rent. He fixed the bathroom for us to use. Then raised the rent and used that as the reason... The bathroom is a necessary thing to have and they never updated the house either. We moved in and the house was cluttered. We cleaned up and did our best but it was falling apart. The bathroom had to be fixed because downstairs had water dripping. It went up by double, and my mom said we had to find another place. I tried to find a place and someone we knew contacted us. But that was pushed back, and we were almost kicked out. We told the landlord of the delay and they accepted the delay, they just wanted us out. Now imagine if they said no.
We could tell from how he spoke to us, we cleaned the house and staircase. Even made sure our cats did not make a mess. I cleaned up double and still the landlord wanted us out.

The house was disheveled and I had to graduate HighSchool in a house in a poor state. This affected me a lot and I failed my classes at one pint. I got it back up but still, I felt bad for my younger sibling. This affected them as well, the stress of having enough. We were almost homeless at our old place, I was an adult who was about to go to college through grants. The grants finally worked out a few years after HighSchool. I even applied to many jobs and went to interviews and was never hired.

I took up random jobs to help my mom at least.
But someone we knew offered a place to rent. My mom made the risk to move to the place offered.

We are not at a good place yet home wise but it is the most stable. At least for the next few years, after we need to get a place ourselves. By then we should be fine to get our own place and not rent. We have a pet so our own house is necessary, they do not rent out with pets a lot now.

I usually read fantasy books so I wanted to read something real. That being said, I see this around me and lived it when I was in high school with my mom. That's what really drew me to this book and Im glad I read it

I read the book for my book club.