Housin Poverty

This impact on the individual has turned into a problem in the wider society. Homelessness has caused many issues for both the individual and community itself. Each year millions of people experience homelessness and are in desperate need of help, some individuals have homeless stages whilst some are homeless for the rest of their

There is two main types of poverty, absolute poverty, and relative poverty. Absolute poverty is when a house hold takes in less than one U.S. dollar a day, meaning that they will not be able to buy food nor be able

Poverty affects over 767 million people in the entire world. In the United States alone, poverty affects more than 42 million people. According to feedingamerica.org, of that 42 million affected, 13 million children and over 5 million seniors live in poverty. Poverty is grouped into two different categories; absolute and relative. Wikipedia.org defines absolute poverty as the absence of enough resources to secure basic life necessities. This includes not having safe drinking water, not having clean bathroom facilities, not being able to get proper healthcare, not having access to education and not having proper shelter. Absolute poverty is also referred to as living in extreme poverty. Relative poverty, according to wikipedia.org, is the condition in which people lack the minimum amount of income needed in order to maintain the average standard of living in the society in which they live. The meaning of poverty varies from country to country and person to person. For example, while some people in the United States would be considered as living below the poverty line, a person from another country may consider that person rich. However, poverty is simply when an individual is unable to meet their basic needs. This includes not being able to clothed, house or feed oneself or one’s family. Poverty is a problem that will not be easily solved. There have been many attempts to try and end poverty, but yet it continues to grow. In a country such as the United States that’s

The Oasis documentary and the Way Home book were created to give Australia a insight into the lives homeless youth; the Oasis directors Ian Darling and Sasch Epstein- Ettinger and the Way illustrator Libby Hathorn. Throughout both the documentary and the book four theme were highlighted to a high degree, those include; homelessness, society, youth and positivity. The sources in which we looked at were designed to position the audience to believe homelessness is not self-inflicted, through darks times positivity prevails, how over looked the homeless are and many more. Audience positioning addresses how putting your point of view across in a persuasive manner you can change the audiences pint of view of a certain subject.

Absolute poverty is slightly harder to define. The definition used by most international organisations is that you cannot afford the basic needs of life—food, clothing and shelter.

Whether or not a country uses a relative or an absolute poverty measure undoubtedly influences the understandings of poverty of its citizens.

A common misconception of homeless youth is that even if they do become homeless they are not homeless for long. The National Alliance to End

Youth who live on the streets are there for two main reasons either they chose to leave the home because of the living situation or they will leave home because they are kicked out or drugs and alcohol have led them onto the streets. 20% of the homeless population is youth and it is increasing every year because of the changes that our generation is going through and being affected by. The rates of suicide in homeless youth are 10.3 times larger then an average Canadian youth. (McKay, E. (2009). Independent Living Accounts: Leaving Homelessness in the Past.).

The word “homeless” is used to describe many different kinds of people with a variety of problems; the “homeless” includes veterans, the mentally ill, the physically disabled or chronically ill, the elderly on fixed incomes, men, women, and families that have lost their source of income, single parents, runaway children who’ve been abused, alcoholics and drug addicts, immigrants, and traditional tramps, hobos, and transients (Martin, 1999). In “Helping and Hating the Homeless”, Peter Martin claims that although these people all have different backgrounds, histories, and reasons for not having a “home”, they are categorized and stereotyped by society and all looked down upon for being “homeless”. He addresses his readers, those that pass by

The Problems and causes of homelessness are closely intertwined, with many of the problems of homelessness also sharing common source with the causes of homelessness. Narrative comments are included. There are three central themes that are highlighted in the cases. Mental health plays a large role in the cause and problem of homelessness as displayed by Stephanie’s experience as “her parents asked her to leave home. Stephanie had suffered from anxieties and bipolar”. Abusive relationships are also experienced frequently amongst the participants illustrated by Lauren and her children as it is noted “her husband was manipulative and abusive to her and the children”. Exposure to drugs is another theme of homelessness demonstrated by Elle’s

Dependability involves an inquiry audit and audit trail and Confirmability requires employing triangulation techniques which are established early on and maintain a journal of the process. Data Collection: All participants will be approached and made aware of the study using informed consent to gauge their appropriateness and interest. If clients meet the criteria of identifying along the continuum of homelessness and wish to participate the consent form will be reviewed with them. The purpose of the study, collection and storage of data, protecting anonymity and confidentiality will be reviewed to include instances in which confidentiality is not valid based on disclosure imminent harm towards self, others and instances of harm involving children under the age of 16.

My goal with U.GL.Y is always to help the individuals we serve learn through a situation and discussions. In the book Pathways to homelessness it suggests that anybody is susceptible the imperfections of life. At any moment we as human beings are but a decision away from losing everything including life as we know it. With the addition of drugs and alcohol and the addiction factor, down to a small child that needs some motivation to believe that things can change for the better. Mallett, S., Rosenthal, D., & Keys, D. (2005). Young People, Drug Use and Family Conflict: Pathways into Homelessness. Journal Of Adolescence, 28(2), 185-199.

Relative poverty is ‘a measurement of the resources and living conditions of parts of the population in relation to others’ (Schwartzman, 1997). This means that people, who are living in a way that deprives them of a similar standard of living that is the norm to their society, can be considered as living in poverty; relative rather than absolute (Fulcher, J & Scott, J 2007).

In 2010, about 46.2 million people were considered poor. The nation’s poverty rate rose to 15.1 percent, whereas in 2009, 14.3 percent of people in America were living in poverty (Censky, 2011). That is an increase of 2.6 million people in 2010. In the United States, the federal poverty line – an absolute measure of annual income – is frequently used to determine who is categorized as poor (Ferris & Stein, 2008, 2010). Currently the government defines the poverty line as an income of $11,139 for an individual and $22,314 for a family of four (Censky, 2011). In sociology, poverty can be defined using two terms – relative deprivation and absolute deprivation. Relative deprivation is a comparison between people and social class. With

Poverty for centuries has been a very severe issue that has troubled many nations while impeding economic developments and progress. Poverty stricken countries are majorly concentrated in the continents of Africa and Asia. Continents like the Americas and Europe have globally been recognized as been wealthier yet still many parts of these ostensible countries face massive cases of poverty. Most at times, countries with high populations owing to high birth rates face the most cases of poverty. The definition of poverty can be boundless in the sense that poverty entails so many subsections as it sometimes gets complicated to group everything under one umbrella. Society tends to focus more on the tangible aspects of poverty because many people associate poverty with lacking money and it makes sense because poverty in terms of lacking money is a major problem affecting almost every country in the world. Even though it is debatable that poverty can be physical, intellectual, spiritual and even emotional, it is best to talk about the lack of money and economic developments in this essay. With reference to the oxford English Dictionary, poverty is state of being extremely poor and the state of being inferior in quality or insufficient in amount. Reflecting on this definition given, I deduced that malnutrition and hunger can define poverty. In the light of this, I think poverty is lacking a comfortable place of shelter, being ill and not having access to a better