Affordable Housing In Desmond's Desmond

Midterm Essay Opening his novel Evicted, Desmond draws the reader in with an account uncovering the social problems plaguing the city of Milwaukee. To involve the reader in his work, Desmond employs andragogy, bringing the experiences to the reader ultimately involving them in his novel (Desmond pg. 1-5). Specifically, problems revolving around housing and the lack of affordable housing in Milwaukee. Laying out the purpose of his book in the opening Author’s Note and Prologue, Matthew Desmond establishes his argument that affordable housing is a dilemma and is thus is precipitating a nationwide problem (Demond pp. 4-5). Following eight families, Desmond points out that they all fall under the eviction umbrella. He even states, “fewer and fewer families can afford a roof over their head” (Desmond pg. 5). In …show more content…
In particular, Daniel Patrick Moynihan notes the employability problem for Black males (Bates). Likewise, Desmond points out the unemployability of those living in Milwaukee and the resulting factors of unemployment: evictions (Desmond pp 1-5). Moreover, Elijah Anderson elaborates on the challenges of poor inner-city Black males in his novel Code of the Street (Anderson). Desmond also utilizes a similar technique in his novel cataloguing the arduousness of life for impoverished families residing in Milwaukee. Furthermore, William Julius Wilson uses the City of Chicago and African Americans living within the city to substantiate his argument that larger societal problems promulgate from structural institutions. Correspondingly, Desmond maintains a similar theory about structural institutions and their effects on society. Specifically, eight families living in Milwaukee (Desmond pg. 5). In short, transitions within the economy end up placing all of these previously mentioned individuals in a secondary labor market. (Essay