Posted February 9, 20184:48 pm
So desperate and marginalized are some families in our nation that a house with no water, a house on the verge of being deemed unfit for human habitation, feels like a refuge.
Desmond reported and researched his Pulitzer-Prize-winning nonfiction work in Milwaukee, but he notes that Milwaukee's eviction rate isn't special.
"The numbers," Desmond writes, "are similar in Kansas City, Cleveland, Chicago and other cities. In 2013, 1 in 8 poor renting families nationwide were unable to pay all of their rent, and a similar number thought it likely they would be evicted soon."
The situation has not improved since then.
Click here to read the full cleveland.com editorial by Dan Moulthrop.