The Causes of Homelessness Overview | Poverty | Lack of Public
Assistance | Housing | Natural Disasters Poverty is considered
the main and largest contribution of homelessness. Poverty is
the part and parcel of every society. To be poor means to lack
the basic necessities. Once it strikes it is unstoppable and
inevitable and drives that drove many people out in the streets
around the globe. It is believed that the number in poverty is
intensifying day by day. How to hamper it is yet unknown to the
world. It was estimated that in 2000, 11.3 % of the U.S
population lived below the line of poverty. Of those number
children ranked as the highest individuals who are homeless. The
trend continued to increase even further. In 2004, 12.7% of U.S
population or 36 millions people live in poverty in a nation
that’s considered one of the richest in the world. "Causes of
Homelessness." Camilus House. Camilus House. 18 Jul 2007 <http:/
/www.camillushouse.org/camillus_resources/homelessness.php#cause
s>. "Factors Contributing