Oh yeah, some may have incomes, but mental issues. I have an uncle who would be homeless now despite having a $45K annual pension. The only reason he is not homeless is I got the county public guardian to go to court and get appointed as his conservator.

This was not easy. I couldn't be conservator myself as I am not in the area. He has no children. It took over two years from the time I started trying to help him hang onto his money. I worked the problem for a year and a half, realized I was out of my league and made a referral to the county. They didn't move at all until his utilities were cut off, and it was another 7 months before they got a temporary conservatorship. Two months later his mobile home was condemned. Absent the conservatorship he would have been on the street at that point.

Many have similar mental issues, but do not have a family member who can push this through, or they run off and disappear from their family, or the local agencies don't act, etc.

I don't have a solution, but just point out that this is often not a money issue, but a mental issue.