Los Angeles, California, and Berlin, Germany, have been dubbed 'homeless capitals' for having the largest homeless populations of their respective countries. This study offers a comparative analysis of the impact of social welfare policy on homelessness in these cities focusing on the opportunity of people to overcome - or 'exit' - homelessness. Berlin, despite its considerable social and economic investment for assisting its homeless, has been almost as unsuccessful as Los Angeles. Homeless people in both cities face sociospatial exclusion-legal displacement for criminal activities, poor shelters in impoverished neighborhoods, as well as market barriers that restrict reintegration. The book addresses the critical public policy issues that can produce effective services to improve homeless people's chances to end their homelessness once and for all. Tables, Figures.