Poverty is a complex issue that involves balancing economic, political, and legal factors. It is complicated by competing social factors that divide a nation and provide little opportunity for meaningful improvement.  The sheer pervasiveness of the issue is difficult to even comprehend.  Consider the following: over 1 in 10 Americans lived below the poverty line ;1 in 3 Americans is considered to be under the near-poverty threshold, meaning their income is only up to 125% of the poverty threshold; and an estimated 11 million renters are currently behind on rent.

Poverty is a compounding issue affecting Americans nationwide that requires a comprehensive intervention to assist the poor. The government must put more policies in place to address the racial gap in financial and housing stability caused by historical and current oppressions. Additionally, politicians, who are in the best position to direct and advocate for such policies, must lead a concerted effort to disseminate awareness and facilitate outreach that can help dismantle systems and eradicate barriers standing in the way of housing stability.  Finally, society as a whole must do its part to break the cycle of poverty in America. This means education and destigmatizing poverty-centric policies.

Resisting societal notions based on ignorance through increased public education of financial security, poverty, and the eviction process is one of the keys that can unlock changes to the system, sending a ripple effect to other areas such as government and community support to affect fundamental change, setting legal change into motion, as the more awareness that is dispersed, the more people who may be willing and inspired to express support for fighting systemic issues underlying the issue of homelessness, creating a movement will the potential for prompting governmental action on a national level. Ultimately, education is one of the first steps in achieving fundamental changes to the eviction process that disproportionately impacts women, children, and historically marginalized groups by dismantling societal norms and notions rooted in ignorance, sending a ripple effect that can stimulate legislative and economic change.