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How does homelessness happen? How is homelessness defined? What can we do about it?

These books begin to answer these questions through their expert commentary, explanation of social policy and stories from people who experience homelessness. #Homelessnessweek

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1	The Oracle of Spring Garden Road by Norrin M. Ripsman (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 300, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Mayor of the Tenderloin: Del Seymour's Journey from Living on the Streets to Fighting Homelessness in San Francisco by Alison Owings 4.17 avg rating — 90 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Moving Out, Moving On: Young People's Pathways In and Through Homelessness by Shelley Mallett really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Homelessness and Social Policy by Roger Burrows (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Wintringham Story by Elaine Farrelly 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	At Risk of Homelessness: The Roles of Income and Rent by Karin Ringheim really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Precarious Enterprise on the Margins: Work, Poverty, and Homelessness in the City by Jessica Gerrard 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Homelessness in Australia by Chris Chamberlain (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Homeless by Christopher Jencks 3.55 avg rating — 64 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	I Just Kept Walking (20 Years Homeless) by Cass Ryder 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Broke[n] by S.T. Jones (Goodreads Author) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 5 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America by Brian Goldstone (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 11,214 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Confronting Homelessness: Poverty, Politics, and the Failure of Social Policy by David Wagner 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Can You See Me? Images of Atlanta's Homeless by Billy Howard (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Poor and Homeless in the Sunshine State by James D. Wright 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Lost and the Found: A True Story of Homelessness, Found Family, and Second Chances by Kevin Fagan 4.26 avg rating — 964 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Coping With Homelessness: Issues to Be Tackled and Best Practices in Europe by Feantsa (Organization) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Shelter Blues: Sanity and Selfhood Among the Homeless (Contemporary Ethnography) by Robert Desjarlais 3.84 avg rating — 61 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Housing and Homelessness: A Feminist Perspective by Sophie Watson liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	"They Just Need to Get a Job": 15 Myths on Homelessness by Mary Brosnahan 4.23 avg rating — 259 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People by Tracy Kidder 4.34 avg rating — 11,836 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Homelessness: A National Perspective by Marjorie J. Robertson (Editor) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	When We Walk By: Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America by Kevin F. Adler (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 1,031 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	A long way from home: Family homelessness in the current welfare context by Terry Bartholomew liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Homesick: Why Housing Is Unaffordable and How We Can Change It by Brendan O'Brien 3.68 avg rating — 40 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Seeking Shelter: A Working Mother, Her Children, and a Story of Homelessness in America by Jeff Hobbs (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 1,176 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Australia's Homeless Youth: A Report of the National Youth Commission into Youth Homelessness by David MacKenzie liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 118,882 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences: Severe Deprivation in America by Matthew Desmond (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich off America’s Poor by Anne Kim (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 223 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Too Poor to Die: The Hidden Realities of Dying in the Margins by Amy Shea (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 27 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 67,715 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Broke in America: Seeing, Understanding, and Ending U.S. Poverty by Joanne Samuel Goldblum (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 615 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars