Now a professor of sociology at Harvard, Desmond has woven the stories of these residents and combined it with detailed research into a gripping, powerful book that shows how housing instability breaks apart families and communities. As a graduate student conducting ethnographic research in neighborhoods with low incomes, Desmond lived in a trailer park on the mostly-white south side of Milwaukee, followed by a period living in a predominantly African-American neighborhood on the north side of town.
Eviction: A Cause, Not Just ConditionĮvicted offers an unusually vivid portrayal of the families it features. We can address poverty and its wide-ranging consequences for health, educational, and economic wellbeing by making serious investments to ensure everyone has access to a safe, decent, and affordable home. As he says, “a different kind of society is possible, and powerful solutions are within our collective reach.”įrom our work as the Housing Alliance, we know housing opportunity is the foundation for health, financial stability, and educational success.
Desmond also points us towards next steps. Matthew Desmond’s groundbreaking new book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, uses the stories of Milwaukee, Wisconsin tenants living in poverty, their families, and their landlords, to illustrate the harsh and devastating consequences of eviction.
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