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Sep. 2, 2025

Eviction destabilizes not only housing, but also food security and community

Eviction is never just about housing -- it dismantles kitchens, neighborhoods, and stability itself, cascading into hunger, homelessness and fractured communities.

Jenna Myers Karvunidis

Tenant Defense Attorney
Inner City Law Center

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Eviction destabilizes not only housing, but also food security and community
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When a tenant loses their home in eviction, they don't just lose four walls. They lose the stove where dinner is made and the freezer where food is stored. Eviction also disrupts the table where children do homework, the fridge where insulin is kept cold, and the porch where neighbors gather. Eviction is never just a housing issue. It cascades into hunger and fractured communities.

I see this play out daily as an eviction defense attorney. In ...

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