"Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City," or the book that should accompany NA's rental property inspection debate.

Poverty is a lucrative business.

New Albany's Democratic Party has ruled for decades.

Do the math. Wouldn't it be interesting to learn how many rental properties are owned by our city's leading Democrats?

Matthew Desmond’s ‘Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City’ ... reviewd by Barbara Ehrenreich (New York Times)

... Poverty in America has become a lucrative business, with appalling results: “No moral code or ethical principle,” he writes, “no piece of scripture or holy teaching, can be summoned to defend what we have allowed our country to become.”