Homelessness: Should The Government Help The Homeless

When you see the homeless what do you think about? Do you see them and feel disgust or are you someone who wonders how and why they are where they are, or maybe, you are one of the few who want to help and who are able to. In the U.S., more than 3.5 million people experience homelessness each year and that number is growing. They are families with little children, people who are trying to escape domestic violence, people with mental illness, veterans who have served our country, and many more. From what I read in Jonathan Kozol’s “Untouchables” city officials in various places are only coming up with short term solutions, that aren’t helping the homeless. City officials are just trying to get rid of the homeless from their cities or area. I think it’s time that more individuals and groups, really gets involved and figure out a way to help those who are already homeless, and stop future people from becoming homeless. We have to come up with ways to help the homeless readjust and get back into the world.

Homelessness is an aspect of society, which most people chose not to acknowledge. With the increasing amount of issues the United States faces, homelessness tends to be forgotten when the time comes for the government to establish what issues they should assist. Due to the substantial amount of issues the government concerns itself with, homelessness does not receive the necessary attention required and is improperly handled. In today’s society poverty-stricken individuals or families is too much of a common occurrence to be treated as lightly as it is. Additional government intervention is necessary in order to supply the needed resources, which can prevent the further spread of homelessness. The United States government is obligated to protect its citizens and should care about the constant growth of homelessness. Through economic policies and community advertisements, the government can control the issue of individuals who are facing poverty.

Everywhere you turn in the United States people are sitting on the corners of streets asking for assistance or digging in trash cans for meals. The epidemic of homelessness in the United States has reached an all-time high since the 1990’s. Unfortunately, the adage of people chose to be homeless was not accounting for families that live paycheck to paycheck and lose their job and therefore their housing because it is unavoidable. Alternatively, many individuals that are homeless have some type of mental illness or substance abuse problem thus creating a barrier to maintaining housing. Many of these individuals are incapable to preserve stable employment and have limited support to get off the streets. However, there are several programs that the federal government fund to assist with combating the problem of homelessness in America.

People drive or walk past a homeless person almost every day without thinking twice about the plight of that person or they may even unconsciously turn their heads the other way in disgust. Homelessness simply put, means without a home - therefore homelessness is an equal opportunity state that can happen to anyone. Even though we have seen some economic prosperity over the years, statistics show that the number of homeless remains very high. With this in mind, communities need to come together at the state, city, and individual level to come up with solutions to mitigate the spreading of this problem.

Solutions I propose would include building housing for the homeless, as well as providing them with the necessary support, such as financial advisors and councilors, as well as the education and training to obtain a job. Building houses may sound expensive and unobtainable

At some point in one’s life, a person has seen or heard of an individual who lives on the streets. An individual who lives on the streets and holds a sign that says they need money for food is considered homeless. Sadly, these individuals are everywhere and the amount of people currently homeless in the United States is 564,708 according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness. However, in this nation, everyone has the ability to decrease this massive number. Necessary assistance from agencies, local funding, churches, and volunteers will place these homeless individuals in permanent housing. With this assistance, the number of homeless individuals will begin to decrease.

Without the mean to afford a stable way of life, people are sleeping in parks on benches, underneath bridges, in the wood under make shift shelters and on the streets. Some are fortunate enough to find a shelter, however, meal times and an entry and exit time frames are in place to prevent over population of these temporary quarters. A cardboard box may be seen with the use of newspaper to give them some means of warmth. The homeless further chose to live the woods with other who are unrelated and form family bond type settings. Others make the chose to be homeless and then there is remaining America’s who do not have a choice. Numerous homeless people do not want to live homeless or in poverty. Our government should provide a service to make the homeless whole. We do not now the situation they are in. Homelessness is sad to see in my opinion and I feel future generations will view this horrible situation in a different manner as viewed in the current society. Homelessness is a subject that has many different views, and opinions. It is a subject that gets little attention and funding to bring a different light on this

According to Foscarinis (1996), we need to focus on long term measures opposed to emergency relief of the homeless. We need to focus on what causes people to be homeless fundamentally. “Everyone has an interest in pleasant public spaces and that no one has an interest in living on the streets” (Foscarinis, 1996, p. 3). So if we, as a community focus on what is causing homeless in the first place, maybe we can stop it or intervene. Many incentives will be put into play to help combat this problem. For business owner who contribute housing for an example, will receive tax deductions, or citizens that aid in the community parks will receive gas cards, free entertainment tickets,

The donations we give to the homeless through charities do help improve the situation however when compared to the large number of the homeless; it isn't much. Also, usually only fifty percent of our donations actually go to the homeless as the rest goes towards running the charity. The government’s actions might be futile, however it is a start to improving the problem. Both the government and the people have done immense work to eliminate homelessness except not through the right

There is significance increase in homeless people since last 20 years; this could be because of unemployment and recession in many countries. There is no doubt about that financial assistance requires for such people. In my opinion, I believe that government should support them in terms of different aspects, such as food and shelter. Such people may miss use, if they get by financial assistance.

Homelessness has always been a significant problem in the U.S. Each day, the number of unfortunate people that find themselves on the streets increases. Whether they were born into it, or simply lost their jobs, homelessness will always be an issue in our world. You may be wondering why this pertains to you. You get to come home, enjoy a warm meal, take a hot shower, and climb into bed but homelessness is not an isolated problem, it’s everyone’s problem believe it or not. Being a little more educated about the causes of homelessness, the views of homeless people, and the measures that are being taken to lessen its numbers are the baby steps to propelling us towards a society

Government in many countries in the world are starting to get rid of homeless people by ignoring them for a reason that one day they will be less visible. This is probably because of being homeless people has no benefit to the world. Some homeless people never do anything to help themselves better. In order to

Every human in this world have the right to live decent life. Homelessness is the people do not have home. Home is huge meaning for feel safe. No home that’s mean no good place to sleep, no food, no family and even no friends. No anything from basic necessities of life. Imagine you are live like them. What is your feeling about it? Is it hard or simple? Is it good or bad? According to Collaborative Initiative to Help End Chronic Organization, “Using Continuum of Care application data, HUD estimated that 759,101 individuals were homeless in January 2006, of whom 331,000 (44%) were unsheltered and 155,623 (21%) met the federal definition of chronic homelessness.” The 759,101 homeless in 2006. Imagine this number after 8 years how many they will be, especially after 2009 economic crisis. According to Democracy in America website, “In 2014 , 1.49 million people used homeless shelters and 578,424 were recorded as being without shelter”. With simple mathematical process the number will be 2,068,424. Over 2 million homeless live in just United States in 2014. This number 2 years ago What do you think will be in this year? The problem is not just about how they live. Also it about their effects in their community. A lot of homeless used bad ways to live. Drugs, sexual and robbery. Some of them use these to live. The homeless look like circle include their problems and comminutes around them. Some of the people said they do not need a help. They

How can we help the homeless? That is a question that is asked very often, the ones who ask are expecting an answer saying that giving money is help enough. Giving someone a few dollars does not change their situation, it doesn’t get them off the street. What does help? Being kind to them, and treating them as if they are like everybody else. Which they are, anybody can end up homeless very quickly. Homeless people are just like everybody else. They should be treated as such.

Programs can be installed to assist the disenfranchised get back on their feet. These establishments can help people search for jobs and even provide mental care for those that need it. The money to fund this endeavour can come from the military’s six hundred billion dollar budget, rather than bumping up taxes for citizens. Of course it won’t be possible to force the homeless into these programs, as that would be unconstitutional, but it would be a huge step in the right direction in terms of lowering the poverty rate.