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Summary:

"[The author] takes us into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge. Arleen is a single mother trying to raise her two sons on the 20 dollars a month she has left after paying for their rundown apartment. Scott is a gentle nurse consumed by a heroin addiction. Lamar, a man with no legs and a neighborhood full of boys to look after, tries to work his way out of debt. Vanetta participates in a botched stickup after her hours are cut. All are spending almost everything they have on rent, and all have fallen behind. The fates of these families are in the hands of two landlords: Sherrena Tarver, a former schoolteacher turned inner-city entrepreneur, and Tobin Charney, who runs one of the worst trailer parks in Milwaukee. They loathe some of their tenants and are fond of others, but as Sherrena puts it, "Love don't pay the bills." She moves to evict Arleen and her boys a few days before Christmas. Even in the most desolate areas of American cities, evictions used to be rare. But today, most poor renting families are spending more than half of their income on housing, and eviction has become ordinary, especially for single mothers. In vivid, intimate prose, Desmond provides a ground-level view of one of the most urgent issues facing America today. As we see families forced into shelters, squalid apartments, or more dangerous neighborhoods, we bear witness to the human cost of America's vast inequality-- and to people's determination and intelligence in the face of hardship. Based on years of embedded fieldwork and painstakingly gathered data, this masterful book transforms our understanding of extreme poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving a devastating, uniquely American problem. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible"--Amazon.com.

Table of Contents:

• Cold city
• Rent. The business of owning the city ; Making rent ; Hot water ; A beautiful collection ; Thirteenth Street ; Rat hole ; The sick ; Christmas in Room 400
• Out. Order some carryout ; Hypes for hire ; The 'hood is good ; Disposable ties ; E-24 ; High tolerance ; A nuisance ; Ashes on snow
• After. This is America ; Lobster on food stamps ; Little ; Nobody wants the North Side ; Bigheaded boy ; If they give momma the punishment ; The serenity club ; Can't win for losing
• Home and hope
• About this project.

Author/Creator:

Desmond, Matthew , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Evicted: poverty and profit in the American city [by Desmond, M.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Evicted [by Desmond, M.] (First edition; New York : Crown, [2016] — ISBN 9780553447439; LCCN 2015027374; OCLC Number 915135748)

Related Series:

Alaska Digital Library

Subjects:

Low-income housing — United States

Eviction — United States

Poverty — United States

Profit — United States

Cities and towns — United States

Low-income housing

Eviction

Poverty

Profit

Cities and towns

United States

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-405) and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Creator Demographics:

Sociologists
Sociology teachers
University and college faculty members
Bay Staters
Men

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

HD7287.96.U6 D47 2016eb

ISBNs:

9780553447446 (electronic bk.)
0553447440 (electronic bk.)
9780553447439 (hardback) [Invalid]
0553447432 (hardback) [Invalid]
9780553447453 (paperback) [Invalid]
0553447459 (paperback) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

1022727959
942055989 [Invalid]

Other Control Numbers:

1022630 (source: EbpS)