The Homeless Population Of The United States

Mahatma Gandhi, the civil rights leader, once said, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Ever since the 1900’s, people and the world’s problems have increased since. We’ve gone from wars to assassinations, natural disasters to racism, and from more wars to even more racism. And that’s just in America. Even now, problems still exist, and continue to increase throughout the years. Many people are trying to stop some issues, however not enough people care. Due to worrying about their own safety and social status, rather than helping others that are in the midst of danger and even death. There are many changes needed in this world, but I have two matters I’d like to specifically address.

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

Given national recognition, The State of Homelessness in America benefits individuals needlessly suffering from a lack of shelter and a steady income. Efforts such as raising awareness and knowledge about the increase in the homeless population has sparked a number of organizations devoted to lessening the amount of individuals living on the streets in major cities. The state of homelessness is able to provide accurate information and statistics for viewers nationwide.

The purpose of this assignment is to research and explain the aspects of a particular social issue. I will begin by providing a brief history of the subject. I will elaborate on the causes and factors of those who are influenced. Additionally, I will explain the demographics and geographical locations in which the problem most commonly affects. In this assignment, I will further discuss a few of the operations that are in place to accommodate those in need of assistance. Finally, I will express a consideration that offers an alternative solution to ending or preventing the matter.

help others who are in any way, shape or form underprivileged; including the homeless. While,

Homelessness has always been a present problem in the United States. It is caused by many factors that some of us are not aware of. The situations of these people hurt their families and local communities alike. Two sources were examined for their content on these issues. This essay describes the hardships of homelessness and what can be done to help these people.

In the United States, the amount of the homeless individuals continues to fluctuate throughout the country and the inconsistency is apparent. In total, 33 states and the District of Columbia (D.C.) reported decreases in overall homelessness, while 16 states reported an increase (National Alliance to End Homelessness, 2016). The states with decreases in homelessness were focused in the South and Midwest (National Alliance to End Homelessness, 2016). Even though, there is a national decrease in unsheltered homelessness, only 18 states reported decreases in the number of people living in unsheltered locations such as streets, cars, and abandoned buildings. The national decrease in unsheltered homelessness was

While health care in America is slowly improving, are we leaving people behind? Imagine waking up day and night with an infection that has no possibility of healing. Homeless individuals face this reality on a daily basis. For decades, America has been fighting to decrease and eventually eliminate homelessness. However, with the decline in employment opportunities and an increase in living cost, living the “American Dream” is now becoming a nightmare. Due to the rough culture of homelessness, individuals affected by homelessness cannot access medication as easily compared to the average middle-class citizen. Even with the advancement of the world’s richest country, there are still a large percentage of homeless individuals without essential necessities.

In January 2015 there were 564,708 homeless in the US. They were all sleeping in the streets, emergency shelter or transitional housing. This paper is about why and what we should and could do to help the homeless.

Knowing how high the numbers of homeless is in the year off 2010, you can pretty much product how much it would probably raise now in the year of 2016. I wonder why many people are getting homeless? Is it because they decided to give up on society or because they just couldn’t afford to have a shelter. I wonder if most of the homeless population would enjoy and appreciate a home. Even if that home would be just a room, place to bathe, and sleep at night, or spend their day other than being on the sidewalk or sitting in the park. If you are homeless and you get very lucky, your friends or family members would take you in allowing you to use their bathroom, a couch or bed, and some food to eat. Also if you are lucky and don't have any of your

Homelessness has been a problem in the U.S for over 80 years and it remains a problem today. There are over 225 homeless people in the Athens area, and society can help the homeless by improving their lives by providing simplicities. The homeless cannot properly take care of themselves because they are not provided the tools to.

I think homeless population are underserve . Even though many of this individuals suffered mental illness, criminal records on their file,trauma and no family support, I think homeless populations are underserve because of the high cost of housing in San Diego, Ca. This population interests me due to not only because I have children of my own and would never want them to go through life without roof over their head. Also, I work in Downtown San Diego and drive every day seeing many homeless individuals including families sleeping outside their tents and it bothers me to see this. Shelters in Downtown San Diego are so full, that people sleep outside the building waiting for a open bed, this is disturbing to see every day. Lack of Federal funding

There are many avenues one could choose when looking for a way to give back to the community. I decided to focus on giving back to the homeless population. For one week, a group of church members, and myself went to the state of California to serve the homeless population in Los Angeles, and San Francisco in more ways than one. We started the journey in downtown L.A.. That first morning we were given beaten-up clothing, and sent out the door of the hotel with no breakfast or money. In partners we headed toward skid row to seek out a corner for pan-handling before meeting at The Mission for lunch. Skid row is an area of L.A. that most do not venture into. The streets are filled to capacity with many different people that all have one thing in common, homelessness. The filth is outrageous, and the smell of different bodily fluids is unbearable. There are no smiles, or warm feelings; it is survival of the fittest. The experience opened everyone’s eyes to the pain, and unseen struggles of homelessness. We were better equipped to help the people we would be meeting as the trip continued. At the end of the day, the money collected as a group was donated to The Mission.

The McKinney Assistance Act of 1987, was developed to assist all the homeless population in the United States since this community had started to be a noticeable issue in the communities. As stated by the National Coalition for the Homeless (2006), The Act initially included several emergency services such transitional living centers, health care, job training, emergency shelters, educational workshops and at times permanent housing. However, regardless of the increase in funding, it still had not succeeded as planned. The reason why was because the increase of homeless across the United States. This increment created a current issue derived from these services: the increase of homeless. Despite the significant assistance from the act programs,

Walking down the street in any major U.S. city poses an all too familiar challenge: avoid the gaze of the scores of homeless people begging on the sidewalks. While you might spare some change to a particularly disheveled looking woman, or a couple trying to buy food for their dog, it is customary to keep your head down in fear of interacting with one of the violent, homeless drunks that litter city streets. Conflict between homeless people and the housed population is not a new phenomena in the United States. With one of the highest rates of homelessness among developed countries, homelessness in the U.S. is at epidemic levels in large cities (Agans 1). With the number of homeless people rising, the attitude of the general population