Buried Standing: The Identity Loss and Property Death of the Real Homeless Epidemic

Buried Standing: The Identity Loss and Property Death of the Real Homeless Epidemic is an unflinching exposé of what homelessness truly means in modern society-not just the absence of shelter, but the quiet erasure of a person's legal identity, property, dignity, and social standing. The book reveals how the homeless are not simply unhoused, but post-owned-stripped of ownership in every form, from material possessions to public recognition. Through investigative reporting, lived stories, policy analysis, and systemic critique, it shows how bureaucratic systems, housing policies, eviction courts, and even well-meaning nonprofits often fail or discard those they claim to serve.

More than a social critique, this book is a reckoning. It challenges the reader to confront how society invisibly buries people in plain sight, while redefining the epidemic as not merely one of poverty, but of structural abandonment and narrative theft. By documenting the collapse of systems meant to protect the vulnerable, it demands a radical rethinking of housing, identity, and human worth. Buried, Standing is not just about the homeless-it is a testimony to the lives we refuse to see, and a call to restore them not with pity, but with justice.