One of the most ['beɪsɪk] human needs is a home. A home is a safe place. While most people around the world (valuable) their homes, there are many people in every country who are homeless.

Some people are homeless for a short ['pɪəriəd] of time because they are moving from one place to another, and other people are not able to find a home. They must live on the streets or in a shelter.

There are many causes of (homeless). Sometimes people cannot keep a home because they do not earn enough money, or because they do not have a job. Sometimes people are homeless because they have a problem drugs or because they have a mental illness. No one is ever homeless purpose.

[wɒt'evə(r)] the cause of homelessness is, the effects are the same. Homeless people must work very hard to live. They cannot raise their children. Sometimes they must steal food just eat. The government in every country has worked for many years to [help] the homeless but more needs to be done. We must think of the homeless as people, not just as problems.