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To learn more about how you can help families avoid eviction or get back on their feet after being displaced, visit
www.justshelter.org
.

M
ATTHEW
D
ESMOND
is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University and codirector of the Justice and Poverty Project. A former member of the Harvard Society of Fellows, he is the author of the award-winning book
On the Fireline,
coauthor of two books on race, and editor of a collection of studies on severe deprivation in America. His work has been supported by the Ford, Russell Sage, and National Science Foundations, and his writing has appeared in the
New York Times
and
Chicago Tribune
. In 2015, Desmond was awarded a MacArthur “Genius” grant.