I learned something new today. I had never heard of Internet Café Refugees. At least Japan has provided one solution to homelessness and being out on the street. There are so many countries where there is NO solution at all.

Your examples were men, living alone. You do not mention if similar spaces exist for women or families.

One thing is clear, losing one's well paying job and being forced into homelessness, or living in sub-standard conditions is not necessarily indicative of being uneducated, unskilled, or lazy. And these conditions exist in every country, some more than others.

From what I see, there are many reasons for conditions like these. Companies downsize and creat circumstances that force employees out, with no unemployment benefits - like one of your examples. For small business owners, unfair competition coupled with marginal to no profits push closures. A host of other circumstances, too many to name, cause people to be unemployed with little to no source of income.

Solutions from governmental agencies are not forthcoming. Legislators in every country, especially in the United States, are determined to make as many laws as possible to feed the privatized and extremely lucrative prison system. The laws combined with other negative aspects of racism, sexism, and classism cause excessive law enforcement activity as well as excessive court judgments that ruin so many people's lives for the rest of their lives. In many case their destruction of a healthy workforce begins when people are at a young age.

Also, there appears to be a targeted plan to reduce the overall workforce, to stifle and punish innovative thinkers, and overall to stifle competition from up and coming small business owners; in order to concentrate power and wealth into the hands of a very few. And, on the local level there are many tools utilized to interfere with and sabotage people's efforts to improve their lives. These homeless, semi-homeless, and inadequate housing conditions are not happenstance, not coincidence, and often not the undoing by the individual.

I see the Blockchain use as solving some of these obstacles. With it, more and more people will have direct contact with a customer base, so one's own abilities and work will result in direct payment. Without having to get acceptance from and depend on an employer, without having to endure costly business fees, more people can become entrepreneurs and have more independence to earn in a free market. More free markets create more income, resulting in the ability to afford suitable housing.

Of course, it is not an all-encompassing solution for everyone; however, it offers opportunities for economic improvements for individuals who would not otherwise have it.

I applaud you for bringing forth a little known issue. Sharing information is the beginning of bringing about change. I upvote your post.