Patrice is a 24-year-old mother of three and the daughter of Doreen. At the beginning of the book she and her kids live in the unit above Lamar, although after she is evicted she moves back in with her mother and siblings, who live in the same building. Patrice eventually decides to move to Brownsville, Tennessee with her family. Having secured decent housing there, she earns her GED and plans to become a parole officer.
Patrice Hinkston Quotes in Evicted
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Chapter 6
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Poor families were often compelled to accept substandard housing in the harried aftermath of eviction. Milwaukee renters whose previous move was involuntary were almost 25 percent more likely to experience long-term housing problems than other low-income renters.
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Doreen Hinkston (speaker), Patrice Hinkston (speaker), Sherenna Tarver
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Patrice Hinkston Character Timeline in Evicted
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Chapter 1: The Business of Owning the City
...arrives in front of Lamar’s home and sees Lamar being pushed in his wheelchair by Patrice, whom Sherenna is also evicting today. Lamar is 51 and Patrice is 24, and lives...
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Chapter 2: Making Rent
Having been served an eviction notice, Patrice moves back downstairs to live with her mother and siblings. Lamar offers to do up...
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Chapter 6: Rat Hole
Patrice’s mother Doreen has four children and three grandchildren. After Patrice is evicted, she moves back...
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...in the same five-bedroom house for seven years. The rent was $800 a month. Neither Patrice nor Doreen finished high school, and Patrice’s sister Natasha was working 12-hour shifts by the...
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...When the police arrived, they tore through Doreen’s apartment looking for guns and drugs. When Patrice got impatient with the officers, they called Child Protection Services, who called the Department of...
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...meet “basic habitability requirements” as long as they let tenants know about any problems. When Patrice complained about problems in her old unit, Sherenna gradually fixed some of them, but eventually...
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...their rights, but they also know they can’t afford to act on them. Doreen and Patrice, for example, know that calling a building inspector would ultimately backfire on them.
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...apartment, and starts looking for her own place. Doreen wants to move to Tennessee, and Patrice likes the idea, but Natasha wants to keep her baby near Malik, who has been...
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Chapter 8: Christmas in Room 400
...women. Sherenna has had eight eviction cases this month, but only one tenant showed up. Patrice went to work instead of court, worried she would lose her job if she didn’t....
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Chapter 10: Hypes for Hire
After Lamar and the boys fixed up Patrice’s old apartment, Sherenna declared it a “motherfucking shitty-ass job.” Lamar begged her to allow him...
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...Lamar lends her his hot plate, telling her to come back for dinner that night. Patrice’s son CJ, Luke and Eddy’s friends, and Lamar’s girlfriend come over. Everyone smokes weed and...
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...property repair with Chris, Quentin checks on his Uncle Verne who has been doing up Patrice’s old apartment. Quentin isn’t fully satisfied with the job, but offers Verne $70 anyway. Verne...
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Chapter 11: The ‘Hood is Good
Doreen and Patrice try to figure out what to do about the eviction notice. They are struggling to...
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Chapter 21: Bigheaded Boy
...apartment are breaking, but she has given up hope on calling Sherenna. Sherenna still insists Patrice owes her $2400, which Patrice believes is impossible. The dilapidated state of the Hinkstons’ home...
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Doreen’s kids often hang out at the public library to escape their apartment. Patrice has noticed that all members of the family feel stuck in a rut, and “no...
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Epilogue: Home and Hope
...sober today. The Hinkstons, meanwhile, found a pleasant three-bedroom in Brownsville, Tennessee, and once there Patrice earned her GED and was named “Adult Learner of the Year.” She hopes to become...
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