Word of advice to anyone who picks it up. Read the final chapter or two first. It's where he gets into the weeds of the data and such. If you start at the beginning and get bored, get distracted, give up, etc. before the end you're going to miss the best part.
Don't get me wrong, the stories are great. But just the same it gets disheartening, if not depressing.
I can certainly understand how you might find it disheartening and depressing, but I don't know I could quite see bored. The retelling of the situations was captivating, and the descriptions of how the system fails those most in need was harrowing at times. I've been recommending it to anyone who will listen.
However, the truth is, plenty of books get started and are never finished. Since the bit at the end was so factually important to the discussion of the issue, I didn't want that to be missed.
Imho, he should have started there.
(Obviously this is entirely a personal perspective.)
Few enjoy such books. But more need to be more aware of the (data) truths that define the issue.
The real value of that book is in the stories and descriptions of the inner workings of how evictions work in the two cities he profiles, which it does an excellent job telling throughout the rest of the book, and because of that I would highly recommend it.