Causes of homelessness:

• Lack of affordable housing

• Low paying jobs

• Substance abuse and lack of needed services

• Mental illness and lack of needed services

• Domestic violence

• Unemployment

• Poverty

• Prison release

• Change/cuts in public assistance

U.S. Conference of Mayors. A Status Report on Hunger and

Homelessness in America’s Cities: a 27-city survey. December 2001.

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