Author

Books by Matthew Desmond

Matthew Desmond is a sociologist at Princeton University and the founder of the Eviction Lab. His previous book, Evicted, won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and helped reshape national conversations about housing policy. Poverty, by America, published in 2023, extends his analysis from the mechanics of eviction to the broader political economy of American poverty. He writes and speaks frequently on housing, inequality, and the policy changes he argues are both necessary and achievable. He lives in New Jersey.