Homeless Community Analysis

Homeless people are not always the victims that the media have portrayed them to be. The alarming fact is that many of the homeless are there by choice. Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to portray all homeless people as lazy people who dont want to take care of themselves. This couldn't be further from the truth. In my experience with the homeless they are usually either in bad health, addicted to drugs, mentally ill or a combination of any of these. To compound matters worse, they are usually without any type of legitimate income to support themselves.

Imagine living a life with no water, no food, no shelter, and wearing the same old clothes over and over again for the rest of your life. Suffering those hot summer days’ heat, hurricanes, storms, and just awful weather throughout the year. Seeing people walk by past by you, not noticing you are there but they do. Begging for food when you are hungry but people do not give anything, the only thing you get is judgments. All these things homelessness go through will be something that society will never understand because they are not the ones going through tough life situations. Homelessness circumstances will ever change in our society today if you do not do something about it to support them. About 1.56 million people, or about 0.5% of

It was surprising to learn that there is a hierarchy that exists among the homeless. Contrary to how power is established in a typical culture, the characteristics and values of the homeless culture are formed in an inverted hierarchy. For example, a homeless individual who has experienced the most traumas and lived on the streets for an extended amount of time will receive a great deal of respect from his or her peers. Individuals who are homeless perceive living on the streets to be much harsher than a person from the mainstream culture would (Philipps, 2012). As a result, an individual gains authority by being able to survive no matter

Walking down the streets of any city here in England, a person is often faced with an issue that is usually overlooked, homelessness. Homelessness in England could be a major issue considering that over 185,000 people are homeless at any time (The Guardian, 2016). Homelessness is something that a lot of people are accustomed to witnessing on a daily basis; homeless people can be seen wandering the streets and digging through trash in order to survive another day. Usually when people see homeless people they immediately avoid eye contact, their first instinct is to ignore them. They are automatically labeled as people who are too lazy to get jobs or addicts who have spent all their money on drugs or alcohol and they would much rather live on

Homelessness is a serious societal problem affecting our communities. Katel of Housing the Homeless says “about 1.5 million Americans use a shelter in a given year- and advocates for the homeless say that figure badly understates the problem.” Yet, society looks down at these people, not doing anything to help them. They are judged, criticized, and bombarded by false assumptions everywhere they go. I have heard people say “they are like that because they chose to” or “they are lazy and don't want to work.” This is not true in most cases. The reality is life can go wrong at any moment for anyone. For some people there is no one there to help them and their only option is living on the streets or a shelter.

Why should we care about homeless people? That’s the kind of attitude you can witness that people have towards the homeless. Homelessness is a pretty common occurrence which might be a reason for people’s indifference towards it. People are unaware of the circumstances surrounding the homeless, which can lead them to believe their situation is like that because of their own personal choice. That is not entirely true and it’s an issue that should be addressed properly. Everyone should have the right to a stable place to live in that meets a their needs. Society’s attitude towards the homeless needs to change. They need to realize how serious being homeless is and look for ways to end it, such as taking an initiative and volunteering and or donating to shelters.

Homelessness is a serious problem in our society. Every night in our nation thousands of people are on the streets. This type of behavior is considered deviant because it does not reflect the norms and values of our society. In many cases the homeless people in our country are treated as total outcasts. Many of these people have severe mental disorders. Some are victims of an economy that has failed them. One may ask how such harsh situations exist in such an advanced society. With all the money and programs created to help people it seems ridiculous that this behavior exists. In a society where people have so much how is it possible that there are still people that have so little. The homeless are humans, no different than anyone else.

The homeless is my passion. I see it every day and have experienced being homeless. I am fortunate, for God intervened on my behalf and brought me out of that state. However, it is my belief that in order for me to have understood the homeless situation, I too had to experience it to prepare me to become an advocate for the homeless.

The homeless veterans population has been a problem over the decades, but over the past few years the population of homeless veterans has increased once again. This is a concerning problem that needs to be attended to and human services is one of the ways to seek help. Veterans from previous wars had experience when they came back home lack of support that lead them to become homeless. Over the years this has gotten better by the government starting programs to help transition back to civilian status (Murphy & Tobin, 2014). Recently this has change due to the veteran population has increased for the last few years and there is not enough resources to provide the care that is needed. This was noticed and now the Veteran Affairs have put in

The number of the homeless sheltered population in New York City have risen by 73% since 2002 in New York City. By March 2015, there were 60,067 homeless people sleeping each night in the New York City municipal shelter system. Families comprise almost four-fifths of the homeless shelter population. There are 14,245 homeless families with 24,704 homeless children. There are also more than 5,000 homeless individuals staying in additional public and private shelters.

What is a homeless person? Society in 2017 has a negative view on the homeless community, and an even more negative view on the LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) homeless community. Look away, look down, don’t look, this is the thought people have when seeing the homeless community. “Seven different studies of homeless youth in the U.S. have concluded that approximately 20 percent of homeless youth are LGBTQ. This is disproportionately high when compared to the 10 percent of LGBTQ youth in the general population” (National Alliance to End Homelessness). The statistics are beyond alarming, for LGBT homeless teens the rise is increasing every year. Teens are being kicked out of their homes to be left on the streets to fend for themselves.

Imagine having nowhere to sleep, nothing to eat, being cold, tired, hungry, without hope, followed by being harassed by police for loitering, panhandling, or just being “in the way.” This is the case for the majority of people who are homeless. Many have seen it, people walk past them, trying to not make eye contact, telling themselves that they’re just going to spend the money for alcohol or drugs. Making assumptions about these people, and what brought them to their life of homelessness does not bring a solution to the problem, it just adds to the preexisting stigma already attached to this population. As a society, the general American public has done the homeless population a disservice, starting with the deinstitutionalization

Each person does some work. This may not be noticeable. But if we remove this link from the chain of events, everything can change.A small inconspicuous accountant did not go to work. People did not receive a salary. Could not pay the loan. They seized the pledged property. They lost everything and committed suicide.Or taking a bribe policeman. You can say that it is useless, but I must disagree with you. It is needed when we ourselves violate the law. Or to look better against his background and telling myself that I will never become so. Homeless people in the street also serve as an example and a warning to what a person can go if they stop watching

Most humans believe that all homeless are drinkers, rude, and abusive, and while that may be true in some cases, many just have mental issues or post-traumatic shock from something that may have happened in the past. Too many are ill, and we are letting them die. Here is a real story about a woman named Jane, who has been out of her home since 2012,

     Homelessness as an issue in today's society is largely ignored. To many, the problem of homelessness is invisible or barely noticed. When these people do see the homeless it is found in the form of beggars who need to “pull themselves up by their bootstraps” or mentally ill people who “just can't help themselves”. In either case the central point remains; the homeless must be people who are incapable or unwilling to help themselves. After all, wouldn't they stop being homeless if they just tried? These sorts of rationalizations cover a more disturbing truth; that for many in today's society, the spectre of homelessness is more pressing of a problem than helping those who are already on the