This paper addresses the issue of homelessness and gentrification because it seeks to determine whether or not gentrification is a key contributor of homelessness. Understanding how gentrification contributes to homelessness is important if the private and public sectors are to put forward programs that would benefit America’s homeless. Among the concerns that are covered to show how gentrification contributes to homelessness is the growing support for the claim that people with low skilled jobs and minimum wages are victims of gentrification. Especially, when excessive rent increase forces minimum wage tenants out of their apartments and neighborhoods. The perspective of this paper will be that although gentrification is not the main contributor
