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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Evictions are now a daily reality in today’s low-income neighborhoods.
Chapter 3: Unemployment, low wages, and high rents are creating more vulnerable tenants.
Chapter 4: Landlords who exploit vulnerable tenants put profit before safety.
Chapter 5: Segregated inner cities and black women are prime targets for housing exploitation.
Chapter 6: Evictions inflict crushing stress on families and keep them trapped in poverty.
Chapter 7: Housing is a basic human right, and a voucher program could help solve the crisis.
Description
Evicted (2016) tells the heartbreaking story of the individuals and families who struggle to get by in the United States’ poorest cities. Despite their best efforts, many of these people have fallen into a vicious cycle of poverty that has left them at the mercy of greedy property owners who don’t hesitate to evict families at the slightest provocation. To take a closer look at the details of their lives, we’ll focus on the inner city of Milwaukee and the tenants and landlords who populate this deeply segregated area.
Who Should Listen
- Sociologists
- Students of urban planning and political science
- Local politicians, leaders and policy makers