Journalist Marijn Sillis travelled through the homeless areas of Flanders and Brussels, from Hasselt to Ghent, from railway station to airport, from night shelter to cemetery. For hours on end, he listened to homeless people. He heard their stories with growing anger and indignation and felt their powerlessness. He saw what inequality does to people, what a housing crisis really means, and how traumatising homelessness and life can be.
In Away with the Homeless (Give Them a Home), the author gives a voice to homeless people, in all their forms. Sillis moves from anecdote to systemic failure, ultimately providing you with a comprehensive picture of homelessness today. This book allows you to feel and understand what homelessness really means, for real people.
