Placeless, Homelessness in the New Gilded Age

Placeless, Homelessness in the New Gilded Age explores the roots and realities of homelessness in today’s United States, arguing that the crisis is not simply about individual misfortune but about systemic failures in housing, economic policy, and social safety nets.

The book situates modern homelessness within the context of the New Gilded Age—a period of extreme wealth concentration and widening inequality—and analyzes how people become placeless in a society that increasingly excludes them from stable housing and community.

Through research and narrative, it calls for a rethinking of how society understands and responds to homelessness.