True or False: Desmond's findings attribute evictions to landlords' actions and housing costs.

True or False: Desmond's findings attribute evictions to landlords' actions and housing costs.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not specified
• D. Only in urban areas

Answer: (A)

Desmond’s findings link eviction to the actions of landlords and the pressure of housing costs. He shows that evictions often occur because landlords enforce leases, raise rents, or use eviction as a tool to compel payment or removal, within a housing market where affordable options are scarce. This frames eviction not as a failure of individual tenants alone, but as a consequence of landlord practices operating in a context of high rents and limited affordable housing. So the statement is true because it reflects the structural, market-driven factors Desmond documents as driving eviction.

Desmond’s findings link eviction to the actions of landlords and the pressure of housing costs. He shows that evictions often occur because landlords enforce leases, raise rents, or use eviction as a tool to compel payment or removal, within a housing market where affordable options are scarce. This frames eviction not as a failure of individual tenants alone, but as a consequence of landlord practices operating in a context of high rents and limited affordable housing. So the statement is true because it reflects the structural, market-driven factors Desmond documents as driving eviction.