Very powerful and heartbreaking book about poverty in America - specifically how it relates to housing. This book reads like a novel and you get totally engrossed in all the families that are spotlighted - those struggling with addictions, poverty, and the landlords in charge of their housing situations.
Eviction is not a subject that you hear much about but the statistics listed in this book are staggering. On a personal note, we are currently living in a very small, predominantly white and lower middle class town while building our home. In the short time we have been here, two families have been evicted from the apartment below us. It's easy to judge but I have always held firm to the knowledge that most of us could find ourselves in dire straights by a series of unfortunate, and not always of our doing, events.
At the end of this book, the author explains how he totally immersed himself in the poverty-stricken areas of Milwaukee. The amount of research and truth in reporting is also staggering. Practically every sentence leads to a footnote with more explanation.
It's wonderful to see such positive reviews for this book. Maybe if the right people read it and take to heart the remedies proposed to end this cycle, we could change our world - especially for all the children involved in these situations.
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