book-informationEvicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (7)AuthorMatthew DesmondGenreSociology, Investigative Journalism, Urban Studies, Social JusticeSynopsisA groundbreaking work of investigative journalism that follows eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle with eviction and housing insecurity, revealing how exploitation in the rental market perpetuates poverty. Matthew Desmond spent years embedded in impoverished neighborhoods, documenting the devastating cycle where eviction causes job loss, which causes eviction, trapping America's poorest in a system that profits from their desperation. This Pulitzer Prize-winning book transforms our understanding of poverty by showing how the lack of affordable housing is not just a symptom but a primary cause of urban inequality.