#059: Eviction PTSD (Do You Meet Criteria?)

In this ep we talk about evictions and the trauma they cause, with some emphasis near the end on data showing that race better predicts eviction rates than income. Max shares his own eviction story and educates listeners about the difference between "soft" and "hard" evictions, as well as how extreme the power differential is between landlords and tenants. How helpful are "tenants rights" compared to property rights? Who has access to lawyers? When the landlord retaliates for you exercising your rights, what recourse do you have? Do mental health professionals understand, care, or have any involvement in addressing the extreme housing crisis in America or do they just want you to talk about your childhood and meditate? To get involved in tenant organizing: atun-rsia.org Resources/references: The coming eviction crisis will hit Black communities the hardest https://www.brookings.edu/research/the-coming-eviction-crisis-will-hit-black-communities-the-hardest/

The hidden health costs of eviction https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4SEBxf7mU4

Eviction: The physical, financial and mental health consequences of losing your home https://journalistsresource.org/economics/evictions-physical-financial-mental-health/ Email us with feedback, questions, suggestions at itsnotjustinyourhead@gmail.com. Become a patron at patreon.com/itsnotjustinyourhead to gain early access to episodes, our discord server, and monthly reading/discussion groups.

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