What Causes Homelessness?
While there is no one single cause of homelessness, the biggest contributing factor to the rising number of homelessness is the shortage of affordable housing for people with limited incomes.
• low-paying job
• unemployment
• lack of needed services
• domestic violence
• drug and alcohol addiction
• insufficient education
• poverty
• family breakup
• physical and mental illness
• catastrophic illness
• disasters (i.e. fires/storms)
