![]() ![]() ![]() Desmond argues that “poverty is a relationship that involves poor people and rich people alike,” and eviction is “a process that binds poor and rich people together in mutual dependence and struggle” (p. 5).Ĭonceptually, what distinguishes Evicted to previous seminal books on poverty is that it uses a relational perspective on inequality that links two agents in different hierarchical social spaces, in this case landlords and tenants. It invites depression and illness, compels families to move into degrading housing in dangerous neighborhoods, uproots communities, and harms children” (p. Desmond shows that “losing a home sends families to shelters, abandoned houses, and the street. Being evicted is not only an indication of poverty, but it also exacerbates poverty. ![]() Matthew Desmond’s Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City focuses on the housing eviction of eight families in Milwaukee. ![]()
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