Rebroadcast: They work full-time jobs. Why are they homeless?

This rebroadcast of Apple News Today's 'In Conversation' episode features journalist Brian Goldstone discussing his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, *There Is No Place For Us: Working and Homeless in America*, which exposes the growing crisis of working homeless families in the United States. Goldstone, inspired by his wife’s work as a nurse practitioner, delves into the stories of five Atlanta families—like Celeste Walker, a cancer patient forced out of housing despite her job, and Britt Wilkinson, who won a Section 8 voucher only to lose it due to landlord stigma and a loophole in the Low Income Housing Tax Credit program. The episode reveals how systemic failures—from stagnant wages and skyrocketing rents to predatory private equity ownership and discriminatory housing policies—trap millions of working people in unstable, often deplorable conditions like extended stay hotels, despite their full-time employment. Goldstone emphasizes that the official homeless count vastly underrepresents the true scale, with the real number potentially six times higher. He calls for urgent policy reforms, including eliminating non-refundable application fees, enforcing habitability laws, and adopting a social housing model like Vienna’s, while stressing that lasting change must come from grassroots movements and a cultural shift recognizing housing as a fundamental right, not a privilege.