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Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
5.0
"Decent, affordable housing should be a basic right for everybody in this country. "
"America is supposed to be a place where you can better yourself, your family, and your community. But this is only possible if you have a stable home."
This is a book everyone should read. It made me incredibly anxious, frustrated, angry, and sad. Desmond's book looks at eight different poverty-stricken Milwaukee families dealing with the struggle to find stable housing, and the spiraling effects a loss of housing can have on people and future generations. This book was actually hard to read at times, as I think it would be for anyone living in an area where affordable housing is a scarcity. It tells the tale of just how thin the line can be between the housed and the homeless, and it also looks at potential solutions. Living in the Bay Area, housing and homelessness are very contentious issues, but we are not alone; this is a countywide problem. Housing is a right, and I hope one day America recognizes it as such.
"America is supposed to be a place where you can better yourself, your family, and your community. But this is only possible if you have a stable home."
This is a book everyone should read. It made me incredibly anxious, frustrated, angry, and sad. Desmond's book looks at eight different poverty-stricken Milwaukee families dealing with the struggle to find stable housing, and the spiraling effects a loss of housing can have on people and future generations. This book was actually hard to read at times, as I think it would be for anyone living in an area where affordable housing is a scarcity. It tells the tale of just how thin the line can be between the housed and the homeless, and it also looks at potential solutions. Living in the Bay Area, housing and homelessness are very contentious issues, but we are not alone; this is a countywide problem. Housing is a right, and I hope one day America recognizes it as such.