John Langley. Bristol's homeless campaigner and co-commissioner of book 'Waking the Tiger' now available on Kindle. Homelessness in the UK has been steadily increasing over recent decades. Much of the reason for this can be attributed to the sale of local authority housing stock, cuts in government funding, a shortage of supply of social housing and other policy related factors. However, as shown through the stories presented in this book, continuing issues related to homeless can be equally caused by failures of officialdom in developing an appropriate approach to addressing the needs of the homeless. As a consequence of misinterpretation and mishandling of homeless cases, it is apparent that the voice of the homeless is often not being heard. This book, through the stories of Derek and John (co-commissioners of the book), and the homeless issues they have raised, serves to give that voice a hearing, to allow it to be heard as a roar and not a whisper. It for this reason that the