“Over the years, as I lived in low-income housing, collected government...” — Stephanie Land Quote

“Over the years, as I lived in low-income housing, collected government assistance, and lived well under the poverty level as I put myself through college, the comments people made about poor people started to sting. The poor are dirty. Hoarders. Their houses are a mess. Their kids are wild, untamed, and feral-looking.”

“As a low-income worker, my take-home pay, at best, was about $200 a week.”

“I graduated from college in 2014 and started freelance writing. I'd write anything that paid, including filling local events calendars for hourly rates.”

“I made my own contacts and I recorded in different studios, and it was something that I did by myself without the assistance and help with my family at first.”

“Nobody leaves a hotel without getting a full measure of three months of rental assistance. So no one has been evicted - no one who's eligible has been evicted from a hotel without getting a significant amount of money to find - to pay for their rent.”

“I had someone call me this morning telling me they had somebody who would only work a certain number of hours a week because if they worked too many hours a week, then they couldn't get their government assistance.”