A new study from Case Western Reserve University, a nonprofit research university in Ohio, is shedding light on a leading cause of homelessness in America.
... According to the study, 35% of participants said the death of a parent, spouse or partner precipitated their homelessness.
And over 50% said “relational breakdowns,” like separation, divorce, and death, contributed to their “housing instability.”
... More specifically, the death of an immediate family member or friend was often precipitated by the individual compromising their own wellbeing and livelihood to help a loved one.
“Folks are giving up their living arrangements,” Ray-Novak said plainly. “They’re either quitting their jobs or losing their jobs to take care of a family member, and that’s a loving thing to do, it’s a positive thing to do, but then recovering from that afterward is really complicated in ways that we didn’t expect at all.”
Fortunately, more and more nonprofits ... are combining community outreach for the homeless with free counseling — to give people a space to process their grief and move forward ...
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