What are the main causes of communication that can lead to homelessness?  the top four causes of homelessness among unaccompanied individuals were

(1) lack of affordable housing,

(2) unemployment,

(3) poverty,

(4) mental illness and the lack of needed services, and

(5) substance abuse and the lack of needed services when you are a foster child.

The youths hold a pivotal role in making a difference in society. For instance, during disasters, the youths are viewed as passive victims with no role in communicating risks or preventing and responding to disasters. Since disaster management seems to be predominated by top-down strategies, not bottom-up, the youths are seen as weaklings who are at the receiving end of calamity relief operations. A study by Fernandez and Shaw (2013) found that even today, children and youth can become effective conduits, vehicles, and bridges and can act as trusted two-way "trans "young people are not given an active role in (or worse, are excluded from) the action toward disaster risk reduction actors" and communicators.