“Healthcare providers have helped me see that decent, safe housing can promote physical and mental wellness; and engaged citizens have shown me the civic potential of stable, vibrant blocks where neighbours know one another by name.”

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.