Homelessness can be narrowed down to a few root causes.
Drugs and alcohol. Mental illness. Job loss. Abuse. Rising rent.
The reasons behind homelessness in Nanaimo seem as many and varied as there are faces of the homeless.
But what appear to be myriad causes can actually be narrowed to a few root issues.
The majority of the homeless have an addiction. For many, those addictions are the result of mental illness. And more often than not, those two issues lead to financial difficulties.
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