I was homeless for less than a year. In my experience, it was easy to meet basic needs when you have friends, government programs, and non-profits i.e. stranger

I was homeless for less than a year. In my experience, it was easy to meet basic needs when you have friends, government programs, and non-profits i.e. strangers will not realize that you are homeless. It wasn't pleasant, but it was also not impossible to no longer be homeless relatively quickly due to the same sources of help. Past research backs up my experience. Most homeless people (approx 80-90% of the homeless population) are only homeless on average for 4-8 months. Depending on the study, only 10-20% of the homeless population is chronically homeless. In the majority of cases, the underlying issue is either mental illness, drug abuse, or a combination of both. imo chronic homelessness will be extremely hard to solve unless the federal government steps in because the states just play "hot potato" with the chronically homeless, shipping them away to another state or even country, instead of trying to address the root of the problem https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/dec/20/bussed-out-america-moves-homeless-people-country-study https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2017/dec/...