The good thing is, to everyone on this forum, not having a job is hypothetical.
I have made the offer to numerous people on here that if they can get a bus ticket to within 100 miles of my doorstep, I'll give them room and board in exchange for housework until they get on their feet. Some of these people have had the worst sob stories I've heard (from people with the time and inclination to post on an internet forum dedicated to a luxury), and I've yet to ever have a taker.
My family, in whatever the current incarnation, has packed and moved several times with very nearly no resources and no guarantees. It sucks, but when you don't have much, you also don't have much holding you down.