Publications
2025
- Hepburn, Peter, Danny Grubbs-Donovan, Nick Graetz, Olivia Jin, and Matthew Desmond. “Losing your apartment and losing your school: Prevalence and consequences of eviction-led forced mobility for school-age children in Houston,” Sociology of Education, 98(3):184-202.
- Gilson, Madeleine, Gillian Slee, and Matthew Desmond, “Calling on Kin: Poverty, the Family Safety Net, and Child Welfare Policy,” Journal of Marriage and Family 87 (2025): 53-73.
2024
- Desmond, Matthew, “What Will This Do for the Poor? Rebecca Blank’s Economic Theology,” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 711 (2024): 264-72.
- Hepburn, Peter, Renee Louis, and Matthew Desmond, “Eviction, Gentrification, and Renter Displacement,” Institute for Research on Poverty: Focus on Poverty 40 (September 2024): 7-9.
- Desmond, Matthew, “Le coût de la pauvreté en Amérique,” Espirit, June 2024.
- Gershenson, Carl, and Matthew Desmond, “Eviction and the Rental Housing Crisis in Rural America,” Rural Sociology 89 (2024): 86-105
- Graetz, Nick, Peter Hepburn, Carl Gershenson, Sonya R. Porter, Danielle H. Sandler, Emily Lemmerman, and Matthew Desmond, “Examining Excess Mortality Associated With the COVID-19 Pandemic for Renters Threatened with Eviction,” Journal of the American Medical Association 331 (2024): 592-600.
- Graetz, Nick, Carl Gershenson, Sonya R. Porter, Danielle H. Sandler, Emily Lemmerman, and Matthew Desmond, “The Impacts of Rent Burden and Eviction on Mortality in the United States, 2000-2019,” Social Science & Medicine 340 (2024): 116398.
2023
- Gershenson, Carl, Olivia Jin, Jacob Haas, and Matthew Desmond, “Fracking Evictions: Housing Instability in a Fossil Fuel Boomtown,” Society and Natural Resources (2023): 347-64, published online.
- Graetz, Nick, Carl Gershenson, Peter Hepburn, Sonya R. Porter, Danielle H. Sandler, and Matthew Desmond, “A Comprehensive Demographic Profile of the United States Evicted Population,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120 (2023): e2305860120.
- Hepburn, Peter, Renee Louis, and Matthew Desmond, “Beyond Gentrification: Housing Loss, Poverty, and the Geography of Displacement,” Social Forces (2023), published online.
- Parolin, Zachary, Matthew Desmond, and Christopher Wimer, “Inequality Below the Poverty Line Since 1967: The Role of the U.S. Welfare State,” American Sociological Review 88 (2023): 782- 809.
- Gomory, Henry, Douglas Massey, James Hendrickson, and Matthew Desmond, “The Racially Disparate Influence of Filing Fees on Eviction Rates,” Housing Policy Debate 33 (2023): 1463- 83.
- Benfer, Emily, Robert Koehler, Alyx Mark, Valerie Nazzaro, Anne Kat Alexander, Peter Hepburn, Danya Keene, and Matthew Desmond, “COVID-19 Housing Policy: State and Federal Eviction Moratoria and Supportive Measures in the United States during the Pandemic,” Housing Policy Debate 33 (2023): 1390-1414.
- Hepburn, Peter, Jacob Haas, Nick Graetz, Renee Louis, Devin Q. Rutan, Anne Kat Alexander, Jasmine Rangel, Olivia Jin, Emily Benfer, and Matthew Desmond, “Protecting the Most Vulnerable: Policy Response and Eviction Filing Patterns during the COVID-19 Pandemic,” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 9 (2023): 186-207.
- Hepburn, Peter, Lillian Leung, and Matthew Desmond, “No Safe Harbor: Eviction Filing in Public Housing,” Social Service Review 97 (2023): 456-97.
- Mleczko, Matthew, and Matthew Desmond, “Using Natural Language Processing to Construct a National Zoning and Land Use Database,” Urban Studies 60 (2023): 2564-2584.
- Slee, Gillian, and Matthew Desmond, “Resignation without Relief: Poverty Governance and the Relinquishing of Parental Rights,” Theory and Society 52 (2023): 583–623.
- Gomory, Henry, and Matthew Desmond, “Neighborhoods of Last Resort: How Landlord Strategies Concentrate Violent Crime,” Criminology 61 (2023): 270-94.
- Rutan, Devin, Peter Hepburn, and Matthew Desmond, “The Suburbanization of Eviction: Increasing Displacement and Inequality within American Suburbs,” RSF: The Russell Sage Journal of the Social Sciences 9 (2023): 104-25.
2022
- Desmond, Matthew, “Essay,” in Why We Read, edited by Joesphine Greywoode (London: Penguin Random House UK, 2022), 35-36.
- Gromis, Ashley, James Hendrickson, and Matthew Desmond, “Eviction from Public Housing in the United States,” Cities (2022) 127: 103749.
- Benfer, Emily, Robert Koehler, Alyx Mark, Valerie Nazzaro, Anne Kat Alexander, Peter Hepburn, Danya Keene, and Matthew Desmond, “COVID-19 Housing Policy: State and Federal Eviction Moratoria and Supportive Measures in the United States During the Pandemic,” Housing Policy Debate (2022), published online.
- Gromis, Ashley, Ian Fellows, James Hendrickson, Lavar Edmonds, Lillian Leung, Adam Porton, and Matthew Desmond, “Estimating Eviction Prevalence across the United States,” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (2022): 1-8.
- Sociological Practice and Public Sociology Section Publication Award, Am. Sociological Assoc.
- Hepburn, Peter, Devin Rutan, and Matthew Desmond, “Beyond Urban Displacement: Suburban Poverty and Eviction,” Urban Affairs Review (2022), published online.
2021
- Desmond, Matthew, and Greisa Martinez Rosas, “Beyond the Easiest Cases: Creating New Narratives for Cirminal Justice and Immigraion Reform,” The Square On Project: Reimagine Justice: Executive Session on the Future of Justice Policy, December 2021.
- Slee, Gillian, and Matthew Desmond, “Eviction and Voter Turnout: The Political Consequences of Housing Instability,” Politics & Society (2021).
- Desmond, Matthew, “Capitalism,” in The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story, edited by Nikole HannahJones (New York: One World, 2021), 165–85.
- Hepburn, Peter, Emily Lemmerman, Olivia Jin, and Matthew Desmond, “Neighborhoods with Highest Eviction Filing Rates Have Lowest Levels of COVID-19 Vaccination,” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 7 (2021): 1–3.
- Gromis, Ashley, and Matthew Desmond “Estimating the Prevalence of Eviction in the United Sates: New Data from the 2017 American Housing Survey,” Cityscape 23 (2021): 279–89.
- Desmond, Matthew, “Introduction,” to Barbara Ehrenreich’s Nickle and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America, 20th Anniversery Edition (New York: Metropolitan Books, 2021).
- Hepburn, Peter, Renee Louis, Joe Fish, Emily Lemmerman, Anne Kat Alexander, Timothy Thomas, Robert Koehler, Emily Benfer, and Matthew Desmond, “U.S. Eviction Filing Patterns in 2020,” Socius 7 (2021): 1–18.
- Rutan, Devin and Matthew Desmond, “Durable Pathways to Homelessness: The Concentrated Geography of Eviction,” The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 693 (2021): 64–81.
- Himmelstein, Gracie and Matthew Desmond, “Eviction and Health: A Vicious Cycle Made More Deadly by a Pandemic,” Health Affairs (2021): 1–6.
- Himmelstein, Gracie and Matthew Desmond, “Eviction and Adverse Birth Outcomes: A Population-Based Study,” JAMA Pediatrics 175 (2021): 494-500.
- Lillian Leung, Peter Hepburn, and Matthew Desmond, “Serial Eviction Filing: Civil Courts, Property Management, and the Threat of Displacement,” Social Forces 100 (2021): 316–44.
2020
- Porton, Adam, Ashley Gromis, and Matthew Desmond, “Inaccuracies in Eviction Records,” Housing Policy Debate 31 (2020): 377–94.
- Peter Hepburn, Renee Louis, and Matthew Desmond, “Racial and Gender Disparities among Evicted Americans,” Sociological Science 7 (2020): 10–23.
- Desmond, Matthew, Andrew V. Papachristos, and David S. Kirk, “Evidence of the Effect of Police Violence on Citizen Crime Reporting,” American Sociological Review 85 (2020): 184–90.
2019
- Desmond, Matthew, “In Order to Understand the Brutality of American Capitalism, You Have to Start on the Plantation,” The New York Times Magazine, 1619 Issue, August 14, 2019.
- Desmond, Matthew, “Dollars on the Margins,” The New York Times Magazine, February 23, 2019.
- Desmond, Matthew, and Nathan Wilmers, “Do the Poor Pay More for Housing? Exploitation, Profit, and Risk in Rental Markets,” American Journal of Sociology 124 (2019): 1090–124.
2018
- Desmond, Matthew. “Riots are the Language of the Unheard.” The Atlantic 2018.
- Desmond, Matthew. “Why Work Doesn’t Work Anymore.” The New York Times Magazine 2018.
- Desmond, Matthew. “The Faces of Eviction.” Dissent 2018.
- Desmond, Matthew. “Devah Pager.” The New York Times Magazine 2018.
- Desmond, Matthew. “Heavy Is the House: Rent Burden among the American Urban Poor.” International Journal of Urban and Regional Research 42 (2018): 160-170.
- Desmond, Matthew, and Saskia Sassen. “Penser l’expulsion à différentes échelles”. L'Année Sociologique 68 (2018): 233-248.
- Desmond, Matthew, and Bruce Western. “Poverty in America: New Directions and Debates.” Annual Review of Sociology 44 (2018).
- Desmond, Matthew, and Adam Travis. “Political Consequences of Survival Strategies among the Urban Poor”. American Sociological Review 83 (2018): 873-900.
2017
- Desmond, Matthew. “Housing.” State of the Union Report. Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, 2017.
- Sandel, Megan, and Matthew Desmond. “Investing in Housing for Health Improves Both Mission and Margin.” JAMA 2017.
- Desmond, Matthew. “House Rules.” The New York Times Magazine 2017.
- Desmond, Matthew, and Carl Gershenson. “Who Gets Evicted? Assessing Individual, Neighborhood, and Network Factors.” Social Science Research 62 (2017): 362-377.
- Desmond, Matthew. “How Housing Dynamics Shape Neighborhood Perceptions.” Evidence and Innovation in Housing Law and Policy. Ed. Lee Fennell & Benjamin Keys. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2017. 151-173.
2016
- Desmond, Matthew. “The Eviction Economy.” The New York Times (2016). Web. Online Version
- Desmond, Matthew, and Andrew V. Papachristos. “Why Don’t You Just Call the Cops?” The New York Times 2016.
- Desmond, Matthew. “Forced Out.” The New Yorker 2016. Web. Online Version
- Desmond, Matthew, and Carl Gershenson. “Housing and Employment Insecurity among the Working Poor”. Social Problems 63 (2016): 46-67.
- Greenberg, Deena, Carl Gershenson, and Matthew Desmond. “The Disparate Impact of Eviction.” Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review 51 (2016): 115-58.
- Desmond, Matthew, and Kristin L. Perkins. “Household and Housing Instability.” Urban Affairs Review 52 (2016): 421-36.
- Desmond, Matthew, and Kristin L. Perkins. “Are Landlords Overcharging Housing Voucher Holders?”. City and Community 15 (2016): 137-62.
- Desmond, Matthew, Andrew V. Papachristos, and David S. Kirk. “Police Violence and Citizen Crime Reporting in the Black Community.” American Sociological Review 81 (2016): 857-76.
2015
- Desmond, Matthew. “Unaffordable America: Poverty, Housing, and Eviction.” Fast Focus: Institute for Research on Poverty 22 (2015): 1-6.
- Desmond, Matthew. “Who Speaks for the Dispossessed?”. Ethnic and Racial Studies 38 (2015): 38, 1258-63.
- Desmond, Matthew, Carl Gershenson, and Barbara Kiviat. “Forced Relocation and Residential Instability among Urban Renters.” Social Service Review 89 (2015): 227-62.
- Desmond, Matthew, and Weihua An. “Neighborhood and Network Disadvantage among City Dwellers”. Sociological Science 2 (2015): 329-50.
- Desmond, Matthew, and Rachel Tolbert Kimbro. “Eviction’s Fallout: Housing, Hardship, and Health”. Social Forces 94 (2015): 94, 395-324.
- Desmond, Matthew, and Tracey Shollenberger. “Forced Displacement from Rental Housing: Prevalence and Neighborhood Consequences.” Demography 52 (2015): 1751-72.
- Desmond, Matthew, and Monica Bell. “Poverty, Housing, and the Law.” Annual Review of Law and Social Science 11 (2015): 15-35.
- Desmond, Matthew. “Severe Deprivation in America: An Introduction.” RSF: The Russell Sage Journal of the Social Sciences 1 (2015): 1-11.
2014
2013
2012
- Desmond, Matthew. “Tipping the Scales in Housing Court”. The New York Times 2012. Web. Online Version
- Emirbayer, Mustafa, and Matthew Desmond. “Race and Reflexivity”. Ethnic and Racial Studies 35 (2012): , 35, 574-99. Web. Online Version
- Emirbayer, Mustafa, and Matthew Desmond. “To Imagine and Pursue Racial Justice”. Race, Ethnicity and Education 15 (2012): , 15, 259-89. Print.
- Desmond, Matthew. “Disposable Ties and the Urban Poor”. American Journal of Sociology 117 (2012): , 117, 1295-1335. Web. Online Version
- Desmond, Matthew. “Eviction and the Reproduction of Urban Poverty”. American Journal of Sociology 118 (2012): , 118, 88-133. Print.
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