Evicted
by Matthew Desmond
A sociologist follows eight Milwaukee families and two landlords through the cycle of eviction, showing how housing instability causes poverty rather than merely reflecting it. The reporting is immersive and the argument won a Pulitzer. It will change how you understand rent, poverty and luck.
Read it if…
you want to understand housing and poverty in America through real lives.
Skip it if…
you want a light read; it is heavy and necessary.
Three things you will actually use
- Eviction is a cause of poverty, not only a result.
- Housing stability is the foundation of everything else.
- Policy choices, not character, explain much.
Do this first
Read the story of Arleen and then look up eviction rates in your own city.
Our verdict
Immersive and important.
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