The Problem Of Homelessness And Homelessness

Homelessness has been a problem in Hawaii, and especially Oahu, for more than two decades. The homeless have overrun the islands but it is no surprise as the circum- stances allow for it. Multiple factors contribute to the ongoing dilemma including the high cost of living, Hawaii being an island state, and the expensive housing. The prob- lems that cause homelessness are not going to go away by themselves. Although the problem is not increasing, the numbers show that it isn’t decreasing and shouldn’t be unless the state and community acts.

When the unemployment rate is so high, it is hard to find a job and get out of poverty.The United States unemployment rate in June 2016 was 4.9%. How can you pay for anything if you have no job? When people are in poverty, they are unable to pay for housing, food, child/health care and education. Since the prices for houses are so high, people are unable to afford them. If you don’t have a job, you won’t have money, if you don’t have money you are unable to pay for rent, if you

In this textual analysis, I’m going to discuss the prevalence of homelessness in the United States. I’ll be using three songs from popular culture that focus on homelessness. Different artists perform these three songs: Avril Lavigne, Bob Dylan, and Nirvana. I’m going to address the values that people who are homeless may have, according to what each artist conveys through their song lyrics. Throughout the lyrics in each song, it seems like the artists are attempting to communicate to the public that homelessness is a serious issue that nobody is immune to. The values that I have gathered are bravery, hope, and perseverance.

Homelessness is a problem many face today and it greatly affects the whole world. Today, there are millions of people who sleep on the sidewalks at night, and beg for money. Someone who is homeless, doesn't have a legal home or residence to reside at. This is a problem that the world faces and will continue to face for many years to come.

We have all seen it before. The man sitting on the cold street possessing only a few rudimentary goods while begging for food or the woman holding her child’s hand while asking for spare change. Some people saunter by these downtrodden individuals unconcerned, while others give them sympathetic looks and drop a few coins in their cups. We are aware of homelessness, almost too aware and yet we go on with our lives without further regard. Homelessness has become such an epidemic in the United States that it is normal and practically expected to be seen in our urban streets. Homelessness is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as, “Having no home or permanent residence.” While that is true, there are many other dynamics that come into play with this social problem. Without proper housing, the homeless community is more susceptible to violence, disease, weather conditions, hunger and ultimately death. We all recognize homelessness but what can we do to help those in need?

In this essay I will specifically doing a research on the young people being homeless, because I think they should not belong to homeless. I think people should be homeless are those who are old, disable, and the drug addictive person. Young people should have be able to work for themselve and go get a job to suppoert their living. Although I think some young people may need to living in the street due to family issue, I don't think there should be have a lot of youther around. From the video I watch from LA Times, I understand some of the youther are homeless because they are just come out from forster home, but they are trying to get out of street. In addition, some other youthers are having job, but their income cannot support their lifing

With homelessness increasing over the years and showing up as a bigger problem and no solution being seen, more action has to be done to help the homeless. There is many ways into becoming homeless and many ways to help the homeless to better themselves, as easy as a small donation of daily items, to help reduce a big problem. Ranging from a worldwide to a local problem. The united nations took upon a challenging task but got an estimated 100 million homeless worldwide and about 1.6 billion lacked adequate housing according to homeless world cup.

There is not one person who is exactly alike. As people grow up and start to learn who they are they start to make their own choices. Sometimes people choose to be homeless, and sometimes they can’t make ends meet to feed their family so they are forced to live on the streets. Not every homeless you meet wants to be there but sometimes that’s the only choice they have left. Trying to find work is not always the possible. Sometimes people have the knowledge to go to school but they aren’t able to because they don’t have the proper funds to do so. Many times even though people want to go to school they can’t because they have to go to work to try to make ends meet for themselves and their families.

Imagine a world where it is illegal to sit down. Could you survive if there were no place you were allowed to fall asleep, to store your belongings, or to stand still? For most of us, these scenarios seem unrealistic to the point of being ludicrous. But, for homeless people across America, these circumstances are an ordinary part of life. (National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty 7)

The second problem you need to address is about the jobs for the homeless. These people don’t have a proper job to maintain their permanent residence. Furthermore, they are worried on how they would earn money for their food. One day when I was walking near Times Square, I was stopped by a man. When he asked me to buy him food, I did not reply. As I kept walking by ignoring him, he started shouting at me. I felt secured as many people were around me. If this happened to me in the middle of the night, I would have been frightened. Homeless are found in the streets because they don’t have money to pay for the rent. There are some people who have jobs but they get paid less. With this less pay, they spend for their food and other stuffs; hence,

Poor physical and mental health is one principal cause that leads to homeless. Often those who spend extended amounts of time without a home have untreated mental and physical issues that prevent them from the ability to survive on their own. One common physiological disorder is depression, which is widespread among a large percentage of the homeless. Physical injuries are a disability that can keep many homeless from finding or keeping a job in addition to the addiction of drugs and alcohol. Substance abuse is frequent among the homeless, and these addicts have problems functioning in public and keeping a stable and healthy lifestyle. After coming back from the military, some veterans develop post-traumatic stress disorder, an issue that can make them mentally unstable, and in some cases result in no place to live. The homeless often lack adequate access to health care while they have a much higher rate of health issues.

This source begins by describing homeless as individual who found can’t find a right place to live. The author mention that society underestimates homeless people and don’t really know what is the cause of homelessness nor appreciate them. The source goes on and describing that homeless people are not antisocial in fact they are smart to be able to live on the streets, and also resourceful to be able to survive in rough conditions. The primary three reason individuals are homeless is that by choice, economic fall/natural disaster, or psychological problems or drugs related. Homeless today are caused by gentrification in the city which makes the cost of living goes up and results in homelessness. The solutions to this problem worldwide is first to reduce population growth, second more affordable housing with basic human needs, third improve health care, fourth better advocate for the homeless, fifth encourage government to makes law to eliminate the root of the problem, sixth take legal actions to enforce basic human right, seventh overall just communicate with the community for better understanding.

Many reasons for worsening situation of homelessness in the country have been reported but none has gathered as much support as poverty. Poverty alone accounts for major increase in homeless households while other possible reasons include loss of job, eroding job opportunities, lack of public assistance and lack of affordable housing facilities. Despite these being powerful reasons, they are all linked to one major reason i.e. poverty.

Homelessness as my topic of interest. This issue was very interesting knowing how certain individuals became homeless. This topic is perceived in mainstream society because these are people who live on our streets because their family put them out or they got fired from their job. When They are put on the street they have no place to go and nowhere to turn. Living on the street is an easy way out for them because they don't have a backup plan. People who have cars, jobs, and money look at homeless people like their worthless or they don’t belong.

To begin with, individual conditions are major causes of homelessness, and they are quite numerous. For instance, the past of the individuals could be packed with shocking events. Some people have really hard time getting over them, and they always cause them many psychological or physical problems that may hinder their development in life. Shocking events may include loss of job or money. Research (as cited in Gowan, 2010) shows that 22.61% of homeless people are not working seriously to earn enough money. In addition, personal crises, whether social or economic have a huge impact on the individual’s present situation. If someone faces bankruptcy they have a higher chance of facing homelessness in the future. Also, mental illness