The Causes of Homelessness

Overview | Poverty | Lack of Public Assistance | Housing | Natural Disasters

Did you ever wonder why some people have basic necessities and others do not? If you are reading this, you are probably one of the fortunate who has their basic needs met.

If asked about causes of homelessness, people would undoubtedly give varied reasons in which some are contradictory and some even don’t make sense at all. Why is this?  Most people are not aware of other realities different than their own and think it is a ‘social norm’ to have what is needed and a ‘social abnormality’ to live in the streets.

This section presents facts on causes behind homelessness and much more.