What
causes Homelessness?
There are estimated
to be about 2000 people who are homeless in the Worcester
area. About 30% of them are families without homes, the
rest are sometimes described as “unaccompanied adults”.
Most people without
homes are back on their feet after less than two months.
People who move into and out of housing over many years
are sometimes described as "chronically homeless".
These individuals, a large majority of which are men, are
often employed, or are receiving disability benefits. An
increasing number of people chronically fighting homelessness
have been among youth, and the elderly.
While addictions
and mental and physical disabilities certainly make it hard
to climb out of homelessness, we all know people with homes
who are living with mental illness or addictions.
The
primary cause of homelessness is poverty and isolation.
To end homelessness, we need to end the poverty in our
cities and in our nation. To end homelessness, we need
to end our isolation from each other. Worcester Fellowship
is dedicated to ending isolation for those living in
poverty, both those presently with and without homes.
