What are the causes that explain the situation of the homeless ?

A homeless is a person, child or adult who has no permanent place to live and is forced to live on the street, but What are the causes that explain this situation?.

The situation with the homeless people has a beginning or common origin, for example: in their families, the economic problems, in their jobs, or other social problems like:

·         A rupture of family and personal ties. They have no usual or not maintained any contact with his direct and indirect family relationship. It may be due to the death of one or more members. A family fight, addiction, illness or physical or mental disorder.

·         A marital separation.

·         A Breakdown of labor relations. Homeless people are unemployed or do not have a steady job to provide them with a stable income. An estimated 10% of these people have even college.

·         Lack of funds.

·         A breakdown of social ties. The homeless may lose their friends or can have institutional difficulties such as legal problems or the police. It can be a gradual process or a sharp break because your friends will turn their backs to not accept his situation.

Origin	Causes
Job	Unemployment
	Lack of access
	Precariousness
Economy	Total or partial lack of economic resources (poverty)
	Without social protection
	Dependence on social protection
	Precariousness of social protection
	Household financial difficulties
Education	Deschooling
	Language barrier
	Abandonment of Secondary Education
	Low educational levels
	Illiteracy
	Lack of primary studies
Health	Limited access to health systems
	Diseases suffered by excluded groups
	Addiction
	Dependence, lack of autonomy and mobility
	Diseases that cause social exclusion
Social	Racism, discrimination
	Trouble with the law
	Practice of prostitution, drug addiction, gambling addiction, mental illness severe
	Domestic violence, abandonment, institutionalization

For more information:

http://www.bestebi.net/?page_id=120

http://england.shelter.org.uk/campaigns/why_we_campaign/tackling_homelessness/What_causes_homelessness

Questions about the topic:

Ø  In your opinion, what is the most relevant cause that explain the situation with the homeless?

Ø  Do you know other cause? How to solve it?