Homelessness referes to situations in which people lack regular and customary access to adequate and appropriate conventional housing. A homeless person is someone who has no regular place to live stays in an overnight emergency shelter, an abandoned building, an all-night coffee shop or theatre, a car, outdoors, or other such places not meant to be living spaces. `Many of the homeless have become disconnected fromt heir families andn communities. There are also those who have not been able to find or keep jobs. Homelessness can affect people eof any age, gender, or ethnic background. Homeless can be "normal people" who have fallen through the safety net. Yet in spite of a publick recognition of high unemployment, on the street the homeless remain an embarrassment and continue to be seen as transients, derelicts, "dirty" and generally not worth of one's attention.Despite Toronto's strong economy, many people in need of affordable housing are being left behind.