1. Barriers to Justice in Evictions
Stanley SILAS and PAMELA BRIDGE, COMMUNITY LEGAL SERVICES

8. BARRIERS FOR ALL TENANTS
Give Up
Time
Lack of Knowledge
Unrepresented
Money
Lose Belongings
Judgment on Record
Miss Work

9. ADDITIONAL BARRIERS FOR:
PERSONS LIVING IN SUBSIDIZED HOUSING
PERSONS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES
PERSONS OF COLOR

11. TENANTS LIVING WITH DISABILITIES
- Will not inform judge needs assistance
- Will not ask for a reasonable accommodation
-Time in hearing does not allow court to discern tenant needs assistance

12. “If incarceration had come to define the lives of men from impoverished black neighborhoods, eviction was shaping the lives of women. Poor black men were locked up. Poor black women were locked out.”
- Matthew Desmond

17. ALL THIS SUFFERING IS SHAMEFUL AND UNNECESSARY
ALL THIS SUFFERING IS SHAMEFUL AND UNNECESSARY. BECAUSE IT IS UNNECESSARY, THERE IS HOPE. THESE PROBLEMS ARE NEITHER INTRACTABLE NOR ETERNAL. A DIFFERENT KIND OF SOCIETY IS POSSIBLE, AND POWERFUL SOLUTIONS ARE WITHIN OUR COLLECTIVE REACH.
– Matthew Desmond