“Why don’t they just get a job?” It’s not unusual to hear a comment like this when the topic of homelessness comes up. The assumption, of course, is that those experiencing homelessness must be  unemployed. In fact, the opposite is true.

In his new book, “There Is No Place for Us,” Brian Goldstone reveals the facts about people who have jobs but no homes—people often invisible to most of society. The people in Goldstone’s book work but earn very little. They sleep in cars, couch-surf with friends, or pay—when they can—for a cheap motel. Since the official definition of literally homelessness is narrow (for example, those on the street or in a shelter), Goldstone believes the real number of homelessness could be six times the official number, perhaps up to four million. A staggering, troubling figure.

There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America: Goldstone, Brian: 9780593237144: Amazon.com: Books (Hard cover and Kindle formats available)
Working and Homelessness in America.
By Brian Goldstone
Crown. 420 pp.