REASONS GIVEN BY HOMELESS PEOPLE FOR BEING HOMELESS

The three main reasons for having lost a last settled home, given by applicants for homelessness support from local councils are: parents, friends or relatives unwilling or unable to continue to accommodate them relationship breakdown, including domestic violence loss of an assured shorthold tenancy. 

However, these reasons are only the catalysts that trigger people into seeking assistance, and not the underlying issues that have caused the crisis to build up in the first place.

For many people, there's no single event that results in sudden homelessness. Instead, homelessness is due to a number of unresolved problems building up over time.

Source:http://england.shelter.org.uk/campaigns/why_we_campaign/tackling_homelessness/What_causes_homelessness#reasons_given_by_homeless_people_for_being_homeless