The 805

The human toll of evictions

It’s not cheap to live in Santa Barbara. Even housing complexes that cater to low-income workers can stretch a family’s budget - and when there’s simply not enough money to write that rent check, a landlord will often issue an eviction notice.

By Jonathan Bastian • Feb 17, 2018 • 1 min read

It’s not cheap to live in Santa Barbara. Even housing complexes that cater to low-income workers can stretch a family’s budget - and when there’s simply not enough money to write that rent check, a landlord will often issue an eviction notice. For families facing that situation, what happens next? Sociologist Matthew Desmond moved to Milwaukee and spent months living in trailer parks and low-income apartments, following the lives of poor people who bounce from place to place.

Jonathan Bastian
Host, Life Examined
Kathryn Barnes
Producer, Reporter
Matthew Desmond
professor of sociology at Princeton University, founding director of the Eviction Lab, author of “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City”

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The 805

The human toll of evictions

It’s not cheap to live in Santa Barbara. Even housing complexes that cater to low-income workers can stretch a family’s budget - and when there’s simply not enough money to write that rent check, a landlord will often issue an eviction notice.

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The 805

The human toll of evictions

It’s not cheap to live in Santa Barbara. Even housing complexes that cater to low-income workers can stretch a family’s budget - and when there’s simply not enough money to write that rent check, a landlord will often issue an eviction notice.

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