You've demonstrated quite well the hoops and perils of *trying* to get a job after becoming homeless. It's hard enough for normal people to get a job. **Real** unemployment is something like 20%+. Society's problems are systemic. There is such a climb back up after falling into the homeless hole. Believe me, I've been meeting and talking to people without houses for 3 months, about 1 to 2 dozen life stories later I'm convinced it's society's problem for the most part and not theirs. "Slipping through the cracks" and many out there are getting social security the 'safety net' which can't even buy them housing in the city I'm in.