First we must define homelessness‚ now this word means different things to different people. Even the National Health Care for the Homeless Council states that there is more than one “official’ definition. One of the first definitions they have for homelessness is: A homeless individual is defined as an individual who lacks housing (without regard to whether the individual is a member of a family)‚ including an individual whose primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private
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Among the many day to day problems we face in America from drug abuse‚ high crime rates‚ and unhealthy eating‚ Poverty is ranked as one of the top problems. In America today there’s more than 46.7 million people living in poverty. One major effect of poverty is homelessness. “According to Homeaid America‚ as many as 3.5 Americans are homeless. Of these‚ more than 1 million children and on any given night‚ more 300‚000 children are homeless”(“Homeaid 4). There are many causes of homelessness: lost
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you guys need to remember that time creeps up on you fast. The second issue i am going to address is having a bunch of homeless people through out the town brings down the image. If you are looking to buy a house and all you see is homeless people everywhere would you buy a house there? With 28.1% of homeless being under
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Nowadays‚ Homeless becomes one of the hazardous situation. Not only that it become cities major issues. If the number of homeless an increased‚ then the crime and violence also increased dramatically. They don’t have job‚ house‚ and money anything then they are completely separated from societies. They starting too rubbery. It’s unsafe for pedestrians to walk alone. That’s why it’s become as the social issues. There was numerous governmental and non-governmental organization involves to resolve the
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According to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV)‚ nearly 200‚000 American Veterans are homeless on any given night (Rieckhoff). NCHV - the resource and technical assistance center - reported that the number of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) - (OEF) veterans are becoming homeless much more quickly than Vietnam veterans. As the war in Iraq and Afghanistan continues the number of homeless veterans increases. The next generation of American
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experience homelessness? About 1.5 million American children are homeless every year (Facts and Figures: The Homeless). That is a lot of people once you think about it. These are everyday people who have hit a bump in the road and no longer have a house to call theirs. These people have to sleep on the streets‚ in alleyways‚ anywhere that they can get a place to lie down. They go through the everyday struggle of whether or not they will have food to eat‚ drinks to stay hydrated‚ clean clothes to wear
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The Homeless Homelessness infects many people in our world every day. People can become homeless from different reasons‚ but in the market today the reason is usually foreclosure. There are many ways that we can prevent people being homeless. By learning how people live when their homeless‚ we can see fit that they get help. There are more homeless people today than there ever has been because of our current economic situation. Being homeless can lead to many health problems because of their lack
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Falling incomes and less secure jobs which offer fewer benefits leads to additional financial strain on already financially burdened people. The connection between impoverished workers and homelessness can be seen in homeless shelters‚ many of which house significannot numbers of full time wage earners. A survey of 30 U.S cities found that almost one in five homeless people are employed (U.S Conference of Mayors 1998). Thus‚ for many Americans‚ work provides no escape from poverty and homelessness
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When you walk down the street and you see someone curled up on a park bench shivering . Or in a sleeping bag with a shopping cart where ever you saw them you know their homeless . Most are adults‚ some are family. There are children that either ran away or were thrown away these people live on the streets ‚alleyways and under bridges . I wanted to research this topic because when I pass a homeless person I feel sad . also I love my home when I come home‚ I feel happy and I think you do too
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minimum wage job. It is really surprising in the documentary Tent City‚ USA‚ that there is a lot of women living on the streets because it is better than staying in their abusive relationships. One women told her story and she said that she had a nice house‚ a big
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