The Resource Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city, Matthew Desmond
Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city, Matthew Desmond
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- Summary
- "In this brilliant, heartbreaking book, Matthew Desmond 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."--Jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 418 pages
- Contents
-
- Author's note
- Prologue : Cold city
- pt. 1, Rent. The business of owning the city ; Making rent ; Hot water ; A beautiful collection ; Thirteenth Street ; Rat hole ; The sick ; Christmas in Room 400
- pt. 2, Out. Order some carryout ; Hypes for hire ; The 'hood is good ; Disposable ties ; E-24 ; High tolerance ; A nuisance ; Ashes on snow
- pt. 3, 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
- Epilogue : Home and hope
- About this project
- Isbn
- 9780553447446
- Link
- 9780553447439.jpg
- Label
- Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city
- Title
- Evicted
- Title remainder
- poverty and profit in the American city
- Statement of responsibility
- Matthew Desmond
- Subject
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- Ausgrenzung
- Cities and towns
- Cities and towns -- United States
- Cities and towns -- Wisconsin | Milwaukee
- Eviction
- Eviction -- United States
- Low-income housing
- Low-income housing -- United States
- Miete
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | General
- Poverty
- Poverty -- United States
- Armut
- Profit
- Profit -- United States
- Räumungsvollstreckung
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | Urban
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | Urban
- Schulden
- Social science -- Poverty and Homelessness
- Social science -- Sociology | Urban
- Stadt
- Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
- United States
- Poverty -- Wisconsin | Milwaukee
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In this brilliant, heartbreaking book, Matthew Desmond 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."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Desmond, Matthew
- Dewey number
- 339.4/60973
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HD7287.96.U6
- LC item number
- D47 2016
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
- Low-income housing
- Eviction
- Poverty
- Profit
- Cities and towns
- Social science
- Social science
- Profit
- Eviction
- Poverty
- Poverty
- Poverty
- Cities and towns
- Cities and towns
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- POLITICAL SCIENCE
- Cities and towns
- Eviction
- Low-income housing
- Poverty
- Profit
- United States
- Stadt
- Armut
- Miete
- Schulden
- Räumungsvollstreckung
- Ausgrenzung
- Label
- Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city, Matthew Desmond
- Link
- 9780553447439.jpg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-405) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Author's note -- Prologue : Cold city -- pt. 1, Rent. The business of owning the city ; Making rent ; Hot water ; A beautiful collection ; Thirteenth Street ; Rat hole ; The sick ; Christmas in Room 400 -- pt. 2, Out. Order some carryout ; Hypes for hire ; The 'hood is good ; Disposable ties ; E-24 ; High tolerance ; A nuisance ; Ashes on snow -- pt. 3, 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 -- Epilogue : Home and hope -- About this project
- Control code
- ocn915135748
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 418 pages
- Isbn
- 9780553447446
- Lccn
- 2015027374
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o915135748
- (OCoLC)915135748
- Label
- Evicted : poverty and profit in the American city, Matthew Desmond
- Link
- 9780553447439.jpg
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-405) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Author's note -- Prologue : Cold city -- pt. 1, Rent. The business of owning the city ; Making rent ; Hot water ; A beautiful collection ; Thirteenth Street ; Rat hole ; The sick ; Christmas in Room 400 -- pt. 2, Out. Order some carryout ; Hypes for hire ; The 'hood is good ; Disposable ties ; E-24 ; High tolerance ; A nuisance ; Ashes on snow -- pt. 3, 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 -- Epilogue : Home and hope -- About this project
- Control code
- ocn915135748
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 418 pages
- Isbn
- 9780553447446
- Lccn
- 2015027374
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) o915135748
- (OCoLC)915135748
Subject
- Ausgrenzung
- Cities and towns
- Cities and towns -- United States
- Cities and towns -- Wisconsin | Milwaukee
- Eviction
- Eviction -- United States
- Low-income housing
- Low-income housing -- United States
- Miete
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | General
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy | General
- Poverty
- Poverty -- United States
- Armut
- Profit
- Profit -- United States
- Räumungsvollstreckung
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | Urban
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology | Urban
- Schulden
- Social science -- Poverty and Homelessness
- Social science -- Sociology | Urban
- Stadt
- Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer
- United States
- Poverty -- Wisconsin | Milwaukee
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