Matthew Desmond is the author of the Pulitzer prize winning book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit In The American City. The particular American City he writes about is Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is a sociology professor at Princeton. He was working on his masters degree in Wisconsin when he developed a study of housing. All the people mentioned in the book are people he actually met and knew. He didn't pay anyone in the book but he did give them rides in his car and bought them a gift if they bought one for him. The book details how evictions are common among the poor people of color and especially those with children. He also writes about a husband and wife team who rent out properties to poor people. The homes are not up to code. If the plumbing or appliances go out, they don't get fixed. These people are spending 80 percent of their income just on rent. This was an eye opening book to read.
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