@PohlMe @Chronic-Yonic @GrumpyOldNurse @Cousin_Isobel I'm fascinated no one has brought up the sex differences. It is younger men who fall into homelessness and much older women. From the 90s back, women kept men who were problems. Kept them in their family home, their marital home, tolerated abuse in every aspect.

Women are leaving/escaping men who don't earn their way, who are abusive or disgusting or drunk or use drugs. When women can't afford a flat on their own, they buddy up with other women. If they can't, they are often homeless in their cars.

The elder women we are seeing now have been placed into homelessness by earning less their entire lives, therefore earning less in social security benefits (usa). The first jobs to go during covid were the jobs women filled. They are the first to be automated. Older women are the first to be fired in favor of younger employees. Children no longer bringing in mothers to their own homes. Medical costs (usa).

So it's important to know there are actually different reasons men and women become homeless.