The Homeless: The Cause Of Homelessness

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Over 3.5 million americans are homeless each year. There are many reasons why people are homeless. Most of the time homelessness is caused by major traumatic events or physical and mental disabilities. In fact it is caused by tragic life occurrences. For example, the loss of a loved one, the loss of a job, domestic violence, and family disputes. Some other causes are depression, an untreated mental illness, post traumatic stress disorder, and physical disabilities. Physical disabilities is a large portion of the homeless. Many of these factors push people into living on the street (HomeAid). Some other factors that contribute to becoming homeless is divorce which often leaves one person homeless. Most of the time it's the father but sometimes