Category : Evictions and Trauma
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Sociologist opens door on devastating effects of evictions
Posted on Sunday, September 23 rd, 2018 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.It wasn’t always this way in America. Looking at historical documents of the last century, Desmond found that evictions were once so rare that they’d draw large crowds, sometimes protesting the indignity of involuntary displacement. ̶...
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FLDS town evictions set up a sad spectacle
Posted on Saturday, September 23 rd, 2017 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.From SLTrin: Colorado City, Ariz. • “The children inside 345 Richard St. waved through the picture windows with one hand and held up cellphones with the other. Their friends outside on the sidewalk smiled and waved back. Some of them held up ...
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Exodus of the FLDS
Posted on Saturday, September 23 rd, 2017 by Voices for Dignity 2 Comments.Excerpt from SLTrib: Heeding the lessons taught by Jeffs and other FLDS leaders over the generations, the Dargers and many FLDS members have refused to cooperate with the land trust that owns the homes where they have been living. As a result, the pe...
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What happens to people who get evicted over and over?
Posted on Saturday, September 23 rd, 2017 by Voices for Dignity no Comments.New York Magazine takes a look at evictions, poverty and the traumatic toll it takes on human lives. Dr. Matthew Desmond, author of Evicted, “focuses on the psychological ravages of housing insecurity, on what it does to parents and children wh...
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