Matthew Desmond
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
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JennyOsFavOsFirst to rec“I wish this were required reading in every high school or college. Incredible research and powerful narrative about the housing rental industry.”
grayaelc“In between undergrad and grad school, I worked for a government contractor that processed rent reasonableness requests for Chicago Public Housing landlords. That this was a full-time job in metro Atlanta is covered by other history and policy books. But this book is an excellent explanation of housing policies and their impacts on people.”
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