“A lot flows from the question: Is having decent, stable housing part of what it means to live in this country? And I think we should answer 'yes.'”

Evanston-based sociologist and MacArthur Fellow, Desmond is an authority on housing insecurity in the United States. His work, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning *Evicted*, exposes systemic barriers to stable housing and their ripple effects on families and communities.