Why %age of homeless people is rising in developed countries?

Before, we start blaming the government, poor healthcare, administration and etc.. Let's take into consideration their choices that lead them to this state.

Yes, not all homeless are irresponsible and addicts but most are. Some homeless folks are ambitious, talented and have great potential. Yet, they end up with a miserable life. It hurts a lot when I see them in such a state. Simply because they don't deserve to be there. Just one wrong decision in their career path and they end-up like this or when someone steals their years of hard work. Best part, such folks despite such issues do community services to help the society. God bless them...🙏

Folks who are homeless and addicts, I have no respect for them. No matter what sobbing story they tell. Worst, some of them pursue the path of crime to fulfill their addiction needs.

Majority of the folks (apart from the unique cases I mentioned above) who are homeless are the ones who cherish life on Credit, are into gambling & etc. and have no savings. Once they go bankrupt, they become homeless. Now, no government is responsible for their poor condition.

There are folks from working class who save throughout life for the better future of next generation. They have minimal earnings too but they help themselves and God does help them.🙏

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calicuz · 56-60, M

I believe most of our homeless have mental health problems and need medical attention.
Even the "addicts" need help.
Drug addiction is not just about an inability to stop using, but many drugs, over time, deteriorate the mind to the point of insanity.
They need help, not judgment.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@calicuz Drug addiction is also a social problem. It's relatively simple to break the addiction to, for example, heroin so long as you remove the addict from the milieu that they were part of. But as soon as the former addict rejoins his former friends and acquaintances he will be offered another hit and risks going straight back to addiction.

calicuz · 56-60, M

@ninalanyon

Yes, but an addict can't and won't quit until they have had enough the drug and the lifestyle.
It's not an easy cycle to break, and I speak from experience.
It's not "relatively easy" to break free from those chains.
I know people don't understand addiction if they've never had an addiction.

ninalanyon · 61-69, T

@calicuz Sorry, I didn't make my meaning clear. I didn't mean that the addict alone can break free, I meant that removing the addict from the environment that encourages the addiction and depriving them of the drug can, in some cases, be a fairly straightforward way of breaking the addiction, that is an outside agent is required to break it.

My main point was the second part which is that none of that helps if the addict returns to the same environment and social group that encouraged the addiction in the first place. Addiction is not merely something that happens to an individual, it is also a social and socially mediated problem.

calicuz · 56-60, M

@ninalanyon

I agree!!!