Evicted

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...

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...

Scott used to work as a nurse before his license was revoked due to addiction issues.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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Evicted is a Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction book by Matthew Desmond. The book features true accounts of various impoverished families in the inner-core areas of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Desmond's...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Crystal Mayberry is a young woman with mental health and substance abuse issues who lives with Arleen and Vanetta, but is also sometimes homeless. For this nonfiction study of eviction as a US...

Matthew Diamond shows the importance of friend and kin networks for low-income people such as Crystal and Arleen, who are extremely vulnerable to eviction. When tenants are evicted, they often have...

Eviction affects Arleen physically, mentally, and emotionally. In his 2016 nonfiction novel Evicted, author Matthew Desmond follows eight families living in poverty in Milwaukee. One of these...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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....

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...

Larraine was unable to get her stuff out of storage after she was evicted; she simply couldn't afford to. So the eviction moving company took her things to a dump. The immediate cause of Larraine's...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

In Evicted, Matthew Desmond presents individuals in varied poverty-related situations who live, or have lived, in two locations: a small apartment building and a mobile home park. One aspect that...

Like many people on welfare, Arleen finds that her housing costs take a big bite into what little money she receives. At one of the many places she and her boys move into, her rent takes a massive...

The church provides Crystal with a spiritual home, a vital support network at a time when she seems to have hit rock bottom. And things are pretty grim for Crystal; having been evicted, she's out...

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...

Sherrena was bored with being a teacher. So after eight long years in the classroom she opened up her own day care facility. Unfortunately for her, the day care center was closed down on what she...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...