Understanding homelessness: industrial and urban decline
The root causes of homelessness in American cities
The "old" homeless: Sam Sheldon and Henry Walsh
Work versus welfare, a false choice: Sue Jackson
The economic marginality of young families: Sara, Dave, Elizabeth, and Joshua
Left behind in a de-industrialized, low-wage economy: Bob and Nancy Shagford and their children
Eviction: Debbie Jones and her children
"Social service bureaucracy and homelessness: Diane Moore
Runaway and throwaway teens: Jeffrey Giancarlo
A black teenage single mother and her son: Michelle and Andre
Battered women and homelessness: Barbara Evans
The complex and simple reality of homelessness
Making homelessness go away: politics and policy.