Customer Reviews

How to Increase Homelessness

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Wow, this book is like a user-friendly Homelessness 101 course on really solving the problem of homelessness in our country. It's moving, informative, funny, poignant, and at times, emotional. I've never read such an amazing book on a social issue like this. I highly recommend it!

This book was good, but it is very basic. It is written in extremely simple language and serves as a good introductory to the problem of homelessness in general. The author offers his opinion (which being the CEO of PATH is worth something) on what the different solutions are and what we (assuming you are, like me, an average person) can do about the problem now. I recommend reading this for the information and insight that it presents. Just don't expect it to change your life or revolutionize advocacy for the homeless.

I had been wanting to understand homelessness, knowing only what I'd seen while out and about Reno, NV, and had heard about this book. It is a very short read and written as a pseudo-satire. Each chapter opens and closes with a paragraph or two of sarcasm to point out how the way homelessness is handled today by government, charitable organizations, and the average citizen's perspective on homelessness actually increases it. The middle of the chapters are filled with real examples of homelessness, and just before the end of each chapter there are suggestions from the author on how to fix the issues brought up throughout the chapter. The author has led an organization that dealt with the homeless issue directly in So Cal with much success, so he has a lot of experience and I trust he knows what he is talking about, because he sure sounds like it. After reading this, I feel like I have a much better understanding of what America faces and I would recommend this to anyone considering how reading this is a breeze.

As a college student I was asked to read a book about the homeless. I chose this book because I was intrigued by the title and found it fascinating. It brought up issues about the homeless that I have never thought of. I recommend it to anyone who cares about people and would like to see an end to homelessness.

The author realy knows what he is talking about. Written from real world experience - if you want to know the truth about homelessnes in America you have to read this book.

The book is too elementary, not useful and points to the obvious contributors to homelessness. Many words that say not much.
don't waste your money.