U ovom radu prikazani su rezultati istraživanja provedenog u suradnji s udrugom MoSt čiji djelokrug aktivnosti uvelike obuhvaća široku paletu skrbi i brige za beskućnike. Istraživani problem bio je socio-ekonomski kontekst položaja beskućnika u Splitu, a istraživački ciljevi obuhvatili su ispitivanje percepcije beskućnika o udjelu odgovornosti društva za siromaštvo, ispitivanje kvalitete života ispitanika prije beskućništva, ispitivanje razloga koji su doveli do procesa osiromašivanja i beskućništva kao i ispitivanje utjecaja beskućništva na socijalne potrebe ispitanika. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 11 ispitanika koji su u trenutku istraživanja bili u statusu beskućnika, a podaci su prikupljani metodom polustrukturiranog intervjua. Istraživanje je provedeno tijekom srpnja i kolovoza 2013. godine. Istraživanje je pošlo od 5 hipoteza od kojih su se 3 pokazale kao ispravne, jedna je odbačena, dok je jedna hipoteza djelomično prihvaćena, tj. djelomično odbačena. Hipoteze su se većinom ticale razloga beskućništva, ali i utjecajem samoga beskućništva na socijalne potrebe, stavove i percepciju budućnosti ispitanika. S obzirom na kompleksnost fenomena beskućništva, ukupan zaključak bio bi kako ovo područje zahtijeva daljnje istraživanje kao i konzistentan i sustavan rad na ovoj problematici.

This paper presents results of a study conducted in cooperation with MoSt association whose scope of activity largely covers a wide range of care for the homeless. Investigated problem was the socio-economic context of the position of the homeless people in Split, and research objectives included the testing of the perception of homeless people on the share of responsibility of society to poverty, testing the quality of life of respondents before homelessness, questioning the reasons that led to the process of impoverishment and homelessness as well as the examination of the impact of homelessness the social needs of patients. The study included 11 people who, at the time of the survey, were homeless, and data were collected by the method of semi-structured interviews. The research was conducted during July and August 2013. The study was based on the 5 hypothesis of which 3 were proven correct, one was dismissed and one is partially accepted and partially dismissed. Hypotheses were mostly concerned with the reasons of homelessness, as well as the influence of homelessness itself to social needs, attitudes and perceptions of future. Given the complexity of the phenomenon of homelessness, the overall conclusion would be that this area requires further study as well as a consistent and systematic work on this issue.