![]() ![]() A contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine, Desmond was named by Politico as one of the 50 people most influencing national political discourse in 2016. He is the recipient of a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship, the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel Award, and the William Julius Wilson Early Career Award. The principal investigator at Princeton’s Eviction Lab, Desmond focuses his research on poverty, city life, housing insecurity, public policy, racial inequality, and ethnography in America. Matthew Desmond is a professor of sociology at Princeton University and the author of four books, including Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (2016), which won the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Carnegie Medal, and the PEN / John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction. The Forum will also celebrate the launch of Desmond’s new book, Poverty, by America. The Forum will offer participants an array of opportunities to learn about and discuss America’s affordable housing crisis and its solutions. NLIHC’s 2023 Housing Policy Forum will feature a keynote address by acclaimed author and sociologist Matthew Desmond. ![]()
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