Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City Free Audiobook Download by Matthew Desmond

One night, a SWAT team sweeps through a mobile home park in North St. Paul, Minnesota. They kick in doors and throw people's belongings onto the road. Police tell everyone they need to leave because their homes will be demolished, but they won't take anyone's belongings with them.

In Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, Matthew Desmond details the stories of landlords who evict their tenants and force them to leave for even minor infractions. With a focus on one Chicago neighborhood, the book details how these evictions effect not only those living in the homes but their children, extended family members, and community members on a larger scale.

The book explains the struggles of those living in poverty, who have to live in constant crisis. It also discusses what it's like to be an investor, that is to say a person who owns and manages property with the goal of turning a profit. One way this is accomplished is by forcing people out of their homes, and increasing rent and property value.

In Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, author Matthew Desmond takes an in-depth look at what he terms America's "emerging ghetto" - the postindustrial city of Milwaukee. Desmond argues that poverty and social isolation have created a "new underclass" that is blighted by marginalization and structural conflicts. The author presents evidence in the form of individual interviews from tenants, landlords, real estate agents, law enforcement officers, judges, and financial experts that illustrates how these conflicting interests intersect to create a cycle of exploitation.

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