My apologies if this is an inappropriate question (if you feel this is the case, please feel free to tell me so and to bugger off etc). Mind if I ask the "how"

My apologies if this is an inappropriate question (if you feel this is the case, please feel free to tell me so and to bugger off etc). Mind if I ask the "how" question? Was there a particular 'event' or chain of events that led to your being homeless? For context, I am researching / hoping to research "hospital admissions" as a precipitating event of (first) homelessness, so I am interested in people's lived experience with that topic (as well as practical pointers on how I could materialize this research in more practical terms). > I joke that if I were to give up and become an addict at least someone would help me because it'd be their job. I've always been a hard worker and hate being unemployed. I could totally see how that might be the case. This has "Shirky Principle" written all over it, doesn't it? It's weird how the system is wired like that... In fact, that's partly my motivation for this research, actually; the idea is that, if a first (and otherwise avoidable) episode of homelessness could be detected and avoided prior to discharge, that would be much more beneficial than allowing people into that mess in the first place and then having to prioritise who "deserves" the most help after the fact.