A desperate man with some ambition and the gumption to not be beaten can make himself a man-powered vardo (I’m thinking of you, Jim). An alternative to homelessness with a minimum of skills and materials.
In 1935 David Weatherhead, an unemployed shipyard worker from Sunderland, toured the county (England) looking for work in this one man caravan which he designed and made himself. From the Telegraph (UK).
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Preindustrial Craftsmanship 
Looks more like a mobile loo
Desperate times…