This is based on Matt Desmond’s Evicted chapters 19-24 and Epilogue. In at least 500 words:
1)  Ch 19 – Landlords repeatedly turned down Pam and Ned’s rental applications because they have children.  Do you think families with children should receive any protection when seeking housing?  Why do you think families with children were not considered a protected class when Congress passed the Fair Housing Act in 1968?
2) Ch 22- Why do you think Vanetta’s public defender failed to mention that she was attending GED classes, providing childcare and looking for housing every month? How might that information have impacted her sentencing?
3) Epilogue-Do you agree/disagree with the Desmond’s views on home? “The home is the center of life-a refuge from the grind of work, pressure of school, menace of the streets, a place to be ourselves.  Home is the wellspring of personhood, where our identity takes root; where civic life begins; America is suppose to be a place where you can better yourself, your family, and your community.” How does unstable housing prevent attainment of this kind of life?
4) Did reading Evicted inspire you to want to help others in positions similar to those of the people in the book? If so, how do you think you might get involved? (Visit justshelter.org to learn more about groups and organizations in you area).