ABSTRACT
This is an ethnographic study providing a unique insight into homelessness. This book explores why it is that despite the fact that previous research appears to have established the causes of homelessness and formulated solutions to it, which have been implemented, homelessness still persists. The book will look anew at the causes or triggers of homelessness, discussing the life events and processes that often trigger, protect against and predict the likelihood of someone becoming homeless (or roofless). This includes a close look at the process of becoming homeless, the existence of homeless subcultures and their impact on long-term homelessness, plus the process of leaving homelessness and reintegration into housed society.
