Evicted reveals the devastating poverty hidden in America's cities by identifying how this situation came to be, the horrendous effect it has on the people that deal with it, and what we can do to stop it.

The general rule with renting a property via a landlord is either pay rent or get out.

For many Americans, the fear of being evicted from their home is real and all too common.

Matthew Desmond is a sociologist and the head of Princeton University's 'Eviction Lab,' which tracks statistics on housing and eviction across the U.S.

In his bestseller Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, Desmond explores a topic that is often ignored in the political and social conversation.