Here is a list of the best Homelessness books, some I have read myself, some that I did research on, and all have great reviews!
- Ending Homelessness: Why We Haven’t, How We Can (Points of View) (2019)
- Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (2017)
- At Home on the Street: People, Poverty, and a Hidden Culture of Homelessness (2009)
- The Librarian’s Guide to Homelessness: An Empathy-Driven Approach to Solving Problems, Preventing Conflict, and Serving Everyone (2018)
- Addressing Homelessness and Housing Insecurity in Higher Education: Strategies for Educational Leaders (2019)
- Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness: From Pretreatment Strategies to Psychologically Informed Environments (2018)
- When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself (2014)
- Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope (2012)
- Beyond Homelessness: Christian Faith in a Culture of Displacement (2008)
- Left Out in America: The State of Homelessness in the United States (2006)
- Down And Out In Paris And London (Modern Classics) (1940)
- School-based Practice with Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness (SSWAA Workshop Series) (2015)
- Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First: Helping Couples, Youth, and Unaccompanied Adults (2013)
- Sanctuary: A Meditation on Home, Homelessness, and Belonging (2018)
Ending Homelessness: Why We Haven’t, How We Can (Points of View) (2019)
Despite billions of government dollars spent in the attempt, we are no closer than we were three decades ago to solving the problem of homelessness. Why? Tackling these questions, the authors of Ending Homelessness explore the complicated and often dysfunctional relationship between efforts to address homelessness and the realities on the street.CONTENTS:
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (2017)
In Evicted, Princeton sociologist and MacArthur “Genius” Matthew Desmond follows eight families in Milwaukee as they each struggle to keep a roof over their heads.
At Home on the Street: People, Poverty, and a Hidden Culture of Homelessness (2009)
In their compelling examination of what it means to be truly at home on the street, Jason Wasserman and Jeffrey Clair argue that programs and policies addressing homeless people too often serve only to alienate them.
The Librarian’s Guide to Homelessness: An Empathy-Driven Approach to Solving Problems, Preventing Conflict, and Serving Everyone (2018)
Homelessness is a perennial topic of concern at libraries. In fact, staff at public libraries interact with almost as many homeless individuals as staff at shelters do. Empathy and understanding, along with specific actionable advice that’s drawn from experience, makes all the difference in working with this group. In this book Dowd, executive director of a homeless shelter, spotlights best practices drawn from his own shelter’s policies and training materials.
Addressing Homelessness and Housing Insecurity in Higher Education: Strategies for Educational Leaders (2019)
This book helps educational leaders provide support for students who face significant barriers to college access, success, and retention. The authors offer research-based, practical guidance to allow readers to evaluate these issues within their local context, create and implement a plan of action, and sustain those efforts over time.
Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness: From Pretreatment Strategies to Psychologically Informed Environments (2018)
Edited by Jay S.
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor . . . and Yourself (2014)
Poverty is much more than simply a lack of material resources, and it takes much more than donations and handouts to solve it. When Helping Hurts shows how some alleviation efforts, failing to consider the complexities of poverty, have actually (and unintentionally) done more harm than good. But it looks ahead.
Almost Home: Helping Kids Move from Homelessness to Hope (2012)
Almost Home tells the stories of six remarkable young people from across the United States and Canada as they confront life alone on the streets. Each eventually finds his or her way to Covenant House, the largest charity serving homeless and runaway youth in North America. From the son of a crack addict who fights his own descent into drug addiction to a teen mother reaching for a new life, their stories veer between devastating and inspiring as they each struggle to find a place called home.
Beyond Homelessness: Christian Faith in a Culture of Displacement (2008)
This book goes far beyond covering the subject of homelessness as the social problem we all recognize in our cities. Mass emigrations, displaced families, and human alienation from the earth all mark our times.
Left Out in America: The State of Homelessness in the United States (2006)
"Left Out in America" is a powerful look at what it means to be homeless in the United States. In her first, highly anticipated book, accomplished broadcaster and journalist, Pat LaMarche has documented a piece of American life like no one else has. Having slept in 14 homeless shelters throughout the country over a two week period, and recording her experiences in a journal, LaMarche has captured the condition of this current humanitarian crisis and brought it sharply into focus.
Down And Out In Paris And London (Modern Classics) (1940)
Renowned urban artist Shepard Fairey’s new look for Orwell’s classic account of life on the streets To be poor and destitute in 1920s Paris and London was to experience life at its lowest ebb. George Orwell, penniless and with nowhere to go, found himself experiencing just this as he wandered the streets of both capitals in search of a job. By day, he tramped the streets, often passing time with ‘screevers’ or street artists, drunks and other hobos.
School-based Practice with Children and Youth Experiencing Homelessness (SSWAA Workshop Series) (2015)
Schools are facing increasing numbers of homeless students and school social workers and other related professionals are often at the front line of addressing the negative impact homelessness brings to individual students and the school overall. School social workers and other school-based personnel must contend with a myriad of policies and other factors related to homelessness to help students obtain an education.
Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First: Helping Couples, Youth, and Unaccompanied Adults (2013)
This book provides social workers, outreach clinicians, case managers, and concerned community members with a pretreatment guide for assisting homeless couples, youth, and single adults. Chapters explore policy and research accompanied by narratives that trace a person’s journey from homelessness to housing and beyond. The inter-relationship between Homeless Outreach and Housing First is examined in detail to inform program development and hands on practice.
Sanctuary: A Meditation on Home, Homelessness, and Belonging (2018)
Sanctuary: A Meditation on Home, Homelessness, and Belonging examines the interface between inner and outer sanctuary, and the ways they affect one another.
Best Homelessness Books You Must Read
We highly recommend you to buy all paper or e-books in a legal way, for example, on Amazon. But sometimes it might be a need to dig deeper beyond the shiny book cover. Before making a purchase, you can visit resources like Library Genesis and download some homelessness books mentioned below at your own risk. Once again, we do not host any illegal or copyrighted files, but simply give our visitors a choice and hope they will make a wise decision.
Homelessness and Housing Advocacy: The Role of Red-Tape Warriors
Author(s): Smith, Curtis
ID: 3204752, Publisher: Routledge, Year: 2022, Size: 4 Mb, Format: pdf
Homelessness Is a Housing Problem: How Structural Factors Explain U.S. Patterns
Author(s): Gregg Colburn
ID: 3243466, Publisher: University of California Press, Year: 2022, Size: 6 Mb, Format: epub
Homelessness and Drinking A Study of a Street Population
Author(s): Bernard Segal
ID: 3375673, Publisher: Routledge, Year: 2022, Size: 3 Mb, Format: pdf
Please note that this booklist is not errorless. Some books are absolutely record-breakers according to Los Angeles Times, others are drafted by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant links you could recommend? Leave a comment if you have any feedback on the list.