Who are the homeless?
The are people who don’t have a place to live or a job to get money they suffer from "economic reason, unemployment, inflation, decreasing availability of low-rent housing" (Torrey, 1991, p. 35). Second are people who use alcohol and drugs; this gives them less sympathy from the society (Torrey, 1991).

What causes homelessness?
The causes of homeless are: people who have mental problems, and were sent to the community, as a new way to help them, so they can get better treatment, but there was not enough centers, and because of that the project failed (Kozol, 1989). The second cause are singles who have babies, but can not pay for their day care, and don’t want to risk their job; the result of that was to put them on the streets (Bidinotto, 1990).