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Evicted

Poverty and Profit in the American City
Jan 11, 2018vm510 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This is a new standard for nonfiction books about American inequality and housing issues. Embedding himself with residents and families in Milwaukee, Matthew Desmond studied evictions and its repercussions on a family's employment, schooling, savings, health, and mental well-being. Evictions used to be rare, but in many cities today they are an ordinary occurrence. By relating the history of eviction and housing in America and combining heartbreaking stories he collected from families, readers witness the cycle of instability, the desperation, and the survive-one-day-at-a-time mentality many vulnerable populations experience. Also, at first it may be difficult to follow so many people's lives - we follow eight families - but keep with it, their stories start to flow into each other and I read the last 120 pages in one sitting.