I don't think there's an easy answer. Therefore, we should not expect obvious policy prescriptions from the article, book, research project. (I do hear your ob

I don't think there's an easy answer. Therefore, we should not expect obvious policy prescriptions from the article, book, research project. (I do hear your objection about the title; I see HN's title is updated to be less click-baity, and more reflective of the book's content.) I think the point of the book is to try to understand the situation as lived by poor people, and (if I recall the longer-form radio review correctly) the role eviction specifically plays in the cycle of poverty. To the extent there's a policy prescription here, it's to focus poverty-relief efforts on housing security. To the extent there's an economic prescription here, it's perhaps just the realization that the rental market, as it currently exists, is playing a role in that cycle of poverty (leaving aside exactly how "free" the market is in the first place). Seeing the work in isolation, though, and looking for answers... I think that misses the point. Personally, I see this as another insight into how expensive it is to be poor: whether it's banking, housing, educational opportunities, etc, the poor are dealing with a different set of challenges and tradeoffs than I experience. (Hence, the utility of the book.)