Evicted

Sherrena is one of the landlords in the book Evicted. She houses the author, among many others. After years as a teacher and a failed attempt at starting a daycare business, Sherrena decides to...

Arleen is one of the many tragic individuals in the real-life tale Evicted. Impoverished and living with her children, she is evicted from her apartment and needs to find new housing immediately....

The main topic of the book, housing insecurity, is inextricably tied to racism in America. For example, the author Matthew Desmond investigates the lower class housing scene in Milwaukee. He notes...

The main themes of Evicted are the forces that lead to the huge numbers of American families who face eviction each year. The author traces several families who face eviction in Milwaukee. One of...

Poverty is the depressing motif that runs right throughout Matthew Desmond's Evicted. As the author is at pains to point out, poverty isn't simply the result of evictions and homelessness, but...

Despite coming from different racial backgrounds—Sherrena is African-American and Tobin is white—they have both managed to find a way to make a lot of money out of the chronic housing crisis...

Scott used to work as a nurse before his license was revoked due to addiction issues. He'd become hooked on painkillers and other opioids. Not only has Scott's addiction cost him his job, it's also...

It's fair to say that Larraine, a resident of the trailer park, has a bit of a problem when it comes to spending. She thinks nothing of blowing $200 on a jar of beauty cream instead of paying her...

The author of Evicted, Matthew Desmond, is referring to the fact that families with children are more likely to be evicted than those without. Indeed, they're at a distinct disadvantage when it...

In Evicted, sociologist Matthew Desmond takes a close look at the lives of eight families impacted by the affordable housing crisis. His research leads to an analysis of all of the factors at play...

There are a number of reasons. For one thing, they're both drug addicts. Pam has made efforts in the past to stay off drugs, but without success. The couple's drug addictions have landed them in...

The "'hood" has certainly been good for Sherrena. She's made an awful lot of money out of renting properties in the run-down black neighborhoods of Milwaukee's North Side. The chronic shortage of...

Vanetta and her three children are on the brink of being evicted. Vanetta's hours at the diner where she works have been drastically reduced, so much so that she's really struggling to make ends...

In Matthew Desmond's book Evicted, which was published in 2016, the author invites us along on a visit with eight families living in extreme poverty in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Here, it is a constant...

Before Crystal moved into the apartment, Arleen and her two children were the tenants. Arleen's mother died and finances became tight, ultimately leading to eviction from the apartment. When...

If you're writing a book about a contentious issue like housing, it's virtually impossible to avoid expressing a point of view. Matthew Desmond, the author of Evicted, is no different. He wants to...

Like most poor people who end up in court, Vanetta has to rely on a public defender to make her case. Public defenders' offices in most states are notoriously understaffed and under-resourced,...

The quote "Eviction is a cause, not just a condition of poverty," appears on page 299 of the book Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the America City by Matthew Desmond. It appears in the final chapter...

Class oppression and capitalist exploitation are the common realities that exist for people living in both the trailer park and the North Side of Milwaukee. In both living situations, the land lord...

The Hinkstons expect Sherrena to carry out repairs in their apartment when things get broken. After all, she's the landlord, and that's what landlords are supposed to do. But she doesn't,...

In Matthew Desmond’s Evicted, Arleen Belle faces numerous challenges in her quest to achieve occupancy of a housing unit that is subsidized by the city of Milwaukee. The interconnected relevant...

Evicted is made up of Matthew Desmond’s firsthand observations of the urban poverty he witnessed while he was living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The events in Evicted take place from 2008–2009, the...

The author of Evicted, Matthew Desmond, offers some practical solutions to the housing crisis. His main proposal is for the introduction of vouchers as a means of institutionalizing affordable...

In short, the impact of eviction on the families and individuals in Evicted is catastrophic. It prevents them from putting down roots, from getting stable employment, and from developing lasting...

The United Nation’s Convention On The Rights Of The Child guarantees many rights to children—the right to education and of free expression but also the rights to leisure and play (article 31) and...

Crystal Mayberry is trapped in a sad and destructive pattern of poverty, drug abuse, prostitution, and low self-worth. This pattern keeps putting her right back where she started, which is...

Matthew Desmond explains the complexities of the legal system in relation to tenant rights. The law offers some protection to people who cannot pay their rent, but the system is overburdened and...

Just to be clear, Sherrena and Tobin are not tenants; they're landlords. Sherrena, an ex-teacher, is an African-American woman making a substantial amount of money renting properties in the...

Sherrena, the inner-city landlord, attends a meeting of RING, which stands for Real Estate Investors' Networking Group. This is a group of lawyers, investors, assessors and other people involved in...

Although Matthew Desmond shows some positive aspects of the landlords’ behavior, most readers will find it hard to sympathize with their actions. Desmond further shows that when tenants fall...

This is a common expression used in meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and other substance-abuse counseling groups. What it means is that one of the hallmarks of addiction is deception. Lies are...

Although Matthew Desmond conducted a thorough study of the eviction problem in the United States in the 2000s, he might have done more, or he might have proceeded differently. The approach that...

Scott lives with Teddy in Tobin's trailer park. Both men have had substance abuse issues which have made it hard for them to get their lives back on track. Of the two, though, Scott is much more...

The government plays a role in facilitating the vicious cycle of poverty-based-evictions of tenants and insatiable profit-making-pursuits of landlords. For instance, federally funded housing...

Tobin is the owner of a trailer park in Matthew Desmond's controversial book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, which explores some of Milwaukee's poorest neighborhoods and the...

In Evicted Matthew Desmond, deals with the issue of diversity by showing us that both black and white people are victims of the chronic shortage of affordable housing, albeit not in quite the same...

Legally, Sherrena is perfectly justified in evicting Doreen. She has been withholding her rent while looking for another place to stay. Doreen has a history of being evicted from previous...

The landlords depicted in the book are there to make money out of their tenants. They don't see themselves as providers of charity, or as glorified social workers. They provide accommodation to...

Kamala rents an apartment from Sherrena at 18th and Wright. One night, the apartment catches fire. The blaze is started when one of Kamala's daughters knocks over a lamp when she gets out of bed....

Matthew Desmond, the author of Evicted, is a sociology professor at Harvard who teaches a class called "Poverty in America." Poverty is clearly a very important subject to him, both on a personal...

Ned's partner, Pam, has children from a previous relationship with an African American man. As such, those children are mixed-race. They act as a constant reminder to Ned of his family's lowly...

More than anything else, they're afraid of being forced to live in the predominantly black neighborhoods of Milwaukee's North Side. Living conditions at the trailer park are pretty horrendous, but...

Social services that require people either have dependent children or require that they have experienced sudden loss of income deny people without dependent children living in chronic poverty...

The relevant nuisance property ordinance allows the police to penalize landlords for their tenants' behavior. This costs landlords money, and reduces the profitability of their rental properties....

Many Americans face the problems outlined in Evicted and struggle to meet the basic needs of food, shelter, and employment. An increase in rent, a personal emergency, or unexpected expenses can...

Sherrena rents out properties to low-income individuals and families in the roughest neighborhoods of Milwaukee. Thanks to Belinda, a large part of her client base consists of individuals in...

While most of the scholarship on eviction has focused on the effects of eviction on the tenants being evicted, the cycle of eviction also affects neighborhoods. To a degree, how neighborhoods are...

Although eviction affects individuals differently based on varying circumstances, through examining the accounts presented in Matthew Desmond's Evicted, we can conclude that extreme stress is...

Social workers have become increasingly involved in eviction prevention efforts, both as individuals and as part of general professional approaches that emphasize tenant advocacy and coordination...

Tobin has a serious problem with nuisance tenants at the trailer park he owns. The problems have gotten so bad that the Common Council has become involved. Before a meeting of the Council, Tobin's...