Issues Surrounding Homelessness Analysis

“One diverse population that has continued to increase over the quarter of a century is composed of people who are homeless” (Baggerly & Zalaquett, 2006, p.155). Homelessness has become a growing problem in society because more and more people are finding themselves to be homeless and not knowing where to turn. Many people do not

Homelessness is all our responsibility. Waking every morning in a warm bed in a secure house for some Australians is only a dream. Every day more and more people are becoming or are at risk of becoming homeless as the global economy crumbles away and monetary resources become harder to find. What is homelessness: the Australian Government Department of Health (2005) defines homelessness as a person who is without a conventional home. Homeless Australians have become disconnected from family and friend and has few, if any resource and very little prospect of achieving financial independence without Government assistant. This assessment will talk about Australia’s history with homelessness, it will go onto to talk about the Government’s role

Homelessness is often accompanied by many other problems such as mental disorders, substance abuse issues, isolation from family and friends, and poor general health. Often time’s people that suffer from homelessness experience a lower quality of life than those who have a place to call home.

Homelessness is described as ‘The state of having no home’, however, it is much more than this. A home isn’t a place to sleep, it is where you feel comfortable, a place where you feel safe and protected; And although so many of us have the luxury of having a place we can call home, many don’t, in fact over 0.5% of people are homeless on any given night, while this may not seem much to you, however accounting for Australia’s population, over 255,657 people are homeless on any given night. This number is even more concerning when you discover that people under 18 years of age make up 27% of the homeless population to make matters worse over 17,845 children under 12 years old were counted as homeless. Image if your son or daughter slept every night on a park bench, wondering if they would have any food tomorrow, fearing for their safety; how would that make you feel.

A homeless person is an individual without a permanent, stable housing situation who either spends his or her nights on the streets or in temporary facilities, such as shelters and abandoned buildings. Throughout history, society has been “holding the poor, rape or incest victims, minorities, or the handicapped responsible for their misfortunes” (Zur). Society has been blaming the homeless for being in the position they are in. However, upon closer inspection, it must be noted that “children under the age of 18 accounts for 39% of the homeless population…battered women who live in poverty are often forced to choose between abusive relationships and homelessness…[and] 40% of homeless men have served in the armed forces” (Who Is Homeless?). It is clear that those who are homeless are not

The bill S1680 relates to school placement and stability for homeless children. The purpose of the bill is to amend the social service law and the education law, in relations to children that are homeless are in out of home care. The bill also creates a process in which New York State is in compliance with the federal fostering connections to the success act. It also clarifies the rights afforded to homeless children in choosing the school and school district they will attend, by changing the language to 3209 of the education law with subtitle B of title VII of the federal McKinney-Vento homeless education assistance act, 42 D.S.C.11431 et seq (NY senate). The purpose of this paper is to get a better understand and illustrate the processes

The issue of homelessness is one that I can relate to all too well. About twenty five years ago I found myself among the homeless. My story is simple, I had no formal education and was working a job making minimum wage. I couldn’t keep up with my rent and other living expenses and was finally evicted from my overpriced apartment. At the time I was on a waiting list for public housing for which there was at least a two year waiting period. The fact that I was single, with no children did not help me either. For a while I lived on the streets and in shelters, too ashamed to approach what family members I had with my problems knowing that they were

It is also known that young people who experience homelessness whether it be “couch surfing” or sleeping rough on the streets become marginalised and there is a perception by the community that the problem is too complex. The cost to the Australian community is actually quite large in terms of health and community

We generally think of the homeless as people who made bad choices and are doing nothing to help themselves. We rarely think of the parents who have to decide on either feeding their children or paying rent. On how one event leads to a series of events that change the course of history for these families. A family with only one provider who dies unexpectedly, leaving the family with no means of providing for itself. A mother who has to choose the safety of her children over the comfort her abuser provides. Against popular belief that most homeless are mentally ill or lazy people who do not want to work, there are many causes of homelessness (Top Causes of Homelessness in America, 2015).

During the holiday season, the harsh weather draws in more homeless people more than another time of year.

There are range of factors that cumulate and drive people to become homeless such as poverty, unemployment, traumatic events, relationship breakdown, prison release, mental health and lack of affordable housing (Harris, 2015). With this in mind, the provision of accommodation alone is inadequate to solve the complex issues of homelessness and often fail to deliver positive long-term outcomes for people who are sleeping rough (Leggatt-Cook & Chamberlain, 2015). Some people are more susceptible to become and remain homeless than others due to multiple structural disadvantage such as low income, mental health or substance abuse (Richards, 2008). A research by Johnson et al. (2008) interviewed 103 homeless households in Australia and after twelve

Introduction: When you hear the word homeless or see a homeless person on the street, what do you think of? Is it an old man begging for money on the corner of the street? Is it a mother trying to care for her family? Or is it even a small child trying to scavenge for some loose change? The homeless are victims of the harshness of the elements of nature, unfilled stomachs, they can be susceptible to violence and drugs, and are in the absence of affordable health care.

Homelessness, also described as a person that has no residence, is becoming more prevalent in today’s society as the population of persons living without a home increases. Millions of people in the United States survive without basic needs such as food, water, and shelter every day due to causes such as unemployment, lack of affordable housing, and more.

According to suitcaseclinic.org, homelessness is a temporary condition that people fall into when they cannot afford to pay for a place to live, or when their current home has been declared unsafe or even unstable. According to Habitat.org, this issue affects between 1.6 million to close to 3 million people within the United States ("World Habitat”). The issue is growing throughout the world, yet what is the root cause? Numerous people wonder how they can help. Most tend to believe that the solution is as simple as just giving them money to use for daily living. Even though their root cause for their issue isn’t money. It is the fact that they don’t grasp how to use their money properly/ responsibly. The homeless can’t be helped with just cash, they need the proper support systems along with education to become successful.

Contrary to popular association of homelessness with drugs, alcohol, violence and crime, it is not always an outcome of laziness or wrong choice. Many inevitable factors exist at a microscopic level for each street person who was pushed (forced) onto the streets. According to the article, “Street People” by David. A Snow and Leon Anderson, factors that lead homelessness to private trouble include “lacking the money to enter even the low-income housing market, having limited education, few job skills, a dearth of social support off the streets, and in many cases problems with alcohol or drugs”. Other factors that account for the remaining portion are mental illness, domestic violence, and divorce. Obviously, these circumstances are beyond one’s control and street people are not the only