The Hidden Crisis: Why Housing Is Overlooked in Poverty Discussions 🏘️

Matthew Desmond (author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning EVICTED) looks at the troubling statistics around housing and evictions in America, and the demographics that are disproportionately impacted. Read more about EVICTED: http://bit.ly/2uvI3Ak About EVICTED In this brilliant, heartbreaking book, Matthew Desmond (Harvard sociologist and MacArthur “Genius”) takes us into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge—All are spending almost everything they have on rent, and all have fallen behind. Based on years of embedded fieldwork and painstakingly gathered data, EVICTED transforms our understanding of extreme poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving a devastating, uniquely American problem. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible.