What Are The Causes Of Homelessness?

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What are the causes of homelessness?
Homelessness is a situation where a person lacks housing without considering whether the individual is a member of a family or not. The person lacks permanent housing and may live in shelters, streets, missions, hotels, or abandoned vehicles. Currently, the issue of homelessness has raised several questions regarding its causes, especially in the US. Therefore, the work focuses on the causes of homelessness to provide people with adequate knowledge which will help them to analyze the situation better.
The first cause of homelessness is unemployment, which results from losing a job or being unable to find a one. The issue is considered one of the primary causes of the problem and it has been greatly observed among the youths. Most of the youths have just completed their education and are looking for jobs to give them income to start their own lives. The people who are unemployed have no income and are unable to afford living expenses which make them homeless — also, unemployment results from poor economic conditions which offer few opportunities for people to exploit ((Warnes, Anthony and Maureen 408). The economic conditions had been deteriorating where most industries where people were employed previously continues to collapse. Further, the industries have seen reduced profitability which has forced them to lay off most of their workers in an attempt to cut operational costs and improve their profits. However, the strategy of laying off employees results in increased rates of unemployment and homelessness in a nation.
Another cause of homelessness is a family crisis, which is a state where personal emergency emerge which forces a person to be homeless. Specifically, the problem occurs in situations where the person who experienced the problem was the major provider within the family. The emergencies may include health problems which result in the loss of a job or the death of a family member who had a steady flow of income (Brown et al. 9). Moreover, divorce can lead to homelessness as families who have separated will experience a significant impact on their income. However, homelessness that is caused by family crisis generally tends to be a temporary challenge. The government has enforced certain programs to help those who cannot support themselves after losing their sole breadwinners.
Additionally, the increase in housing prices due to an inadequate supply of the basic need has also led to homelessness. Particularly, people with low-income levels that live in places where housing is not affordable will experience difficulties in renting apartments. Moreover, the problem has extended outside urban areas where people now feel the crunch of rising cost of living (Fazel et al. 1534). The recent economic crisis that affected the whole world and mostly the US and Europe negatively increased the prices of housing as the world’s inflation level continue to rise. The crisis caused inflation where the prices of various commodities and services drastically improved, thereby, lowering the living standards of people. The cost of renting increased which made several families move to cheaper houses or become homeless or even share the few that are avai...