Unemployment In California

According to many people, homelessness is caused by low minimum wage, high unemployment rates, and overpriced housing. The minimum wage in California is $9.00 a hour, and a one bedroom apartment in Los Angeles is about $1,983. About 7.1 percent of the people are unemployed in the Los Angeles county, and about half the people rely on minimum wage. These overpriced apartments make it difficult for many families and individuals to have a stable home. When it comes to minimum wage or unemployment, you have one of two options, you either go hungry or become homeless. In order to fight against the real issue, we have to raise minimum wage, create more jobs, lower rent prices, or provide more financial support to

It is often easy to castigate large cities or third world countries as failures in the field of affordable housing, yet the crisis, like an invisible cancer, manifests itself in many forms, plaguing both urban and suburban areas. Reformers have wrestled passionately with the issue for centuries, revealing the severity of the situation in an attempt for change, while politicians have only responded with band aid solutions. Unfortunately, the housing crisis easily fades from our memory, replaced by visions of homeless vets, or starving children. Metropolis magazine explains that “…though billions of dollars are spent each year on housing and development programs worldwide, ? At least 1 billion people

One of the causes of homelessness in Baltimore City is lack of affordable housing, this includes subsidized housing from the state. Lack of affordable housing in Baltimore City is due to an increase luxury housing and Baltimore’s decrease desire for rental housing (Mayor’s Office of Human Services, 2013). Available housing is not proportional to the wages of people living in Baltimore City. Nearly half of renters in Baltimore spend 35% of their income or more on their rent. The waiting list for Baltimore City opened in 2014 and 74,000 households applied for 25,000 available slots for up to six years to own a voucher (“Homelessness in Baltimore,” 2017). For the extremely poor population there are only 42 available homes for over 100 people who identify with the population (Public Justice Center, 2015). Therefore, Baltimore needs to make affordable housing for their population or there should be an increase in jobs and wages. However, the private sector is not interested in developing houses for the low-income population because it is not profitable compared to selling a building to a company to make luxury housing (Richman, 2015).

In his article “Is California the welfare capital?” Michael Gardner states California has one of the nation’s highest welfare recipient.it comes third compared to other states. This is mainly a result of democratic dominance in the state and their heavy focus on social services. The author argues the size of California’s welfare rolls is disproportionate considering the state has only 12 percent of the nations population. Some of it has to do with benefits generosity and others point to several socio-economic factors. In support of the main point of view of the author, California pays out a maximum of $638 in cash grants making it one of the highest states in grants payment. However, Gardner highlights the cost of housing in the state eats

According to a report of Orange County Register by Roosevelt, Roosevelt, (August 9, 2015), Orange Country poverty is growing tremendously because of income variation, homelessness and overcrowded housing. By federal criteria, Orange County’s poverty rate was 8.8 percent in the previous nine years, which has risen to 13.5 percent recently. For a family of four, that means an annual income below $24,00. However, Orange County’s cost of living is 46 percent higher than the national average. The main reason, which accounts for a range of local factors, including housing price and Orange County’s poverty rate. According to Roosevelt (August 9, 2015) “in Orange County, third of Youths under 12 live in poverty, which is higher proportion than in the surrounding counties of Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernadine and San Diego”. Even though, Orange

Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights asserts that housing is a fundamental component to a decent standard of living, yet few city governments--even in the most developed economies--have proven themselves capable of ensuring such a basic right to their constituents (United Nations, General Assembly). Ranked 49th among the 50 U.S. states for its number of housing units per capita, California has notoriously struggled with chronic shortages in its urban housing market. With 118,142 homeless people recorded in 2016, California holds almost 22% of the nation’s homeless population (Fact Sheet: Homelessness in California 1).

The question in in regards to what is wrong with the economical climate in California, and why California ranks as the state with the highest poverty rate, is answered by Michael Walsh in his column on PJ Media. An answer is presented, but no solution is proposed. I agree that California represents such poverty rates due to the perpetual cycle of public assistance propagated throughout the state. As the state government allocates generous assistance to those who fall below the poverty line, people in such a position become increasingly reliant upon supplementary income from the state. Therefore instead of reducing poverty, the state simply promotes it. In fact, California's housing costs are some of the highest in the nation, including utilities.

Over fifty thousand people are living in LA without a place to stay, but why? Homelessness in Los Angeles is a big problem that is constantly growing. Homelessness has grown up to twenty three percent in twenty seventeen! This is why so many people are scared of homelessness, because of the sheer amount of homeless people and the constant rise in population. An article from LA Times states, “Up to seven percent of all people in LA are homeless”(Smith 1). Through lowering rents, building permanent housing, and increasing minimum wage, we can resolve homelessness.

Farming, Fishing, & Forestry: As of 2011 10.4% of Fresno County workers were employed in the agricultural and forestry business. Fresno County agriculture is a $4.89 billion dollar industry as of 2012, yet they have the lowest annual income and the highest poverty rate, falling below the very low-income level if the household contains more than one person. 80% of farmworkers are of Hispanic/Latino decent and 24.4% of Hispanic/Latinos live in multigenerational households. Therefore, we can conclude that more than the average 3.16 persons are living in these homes. We face not only the issue of housing for permanent residence and farmers, but migrant workers that are no longer accommodated with housing during their labor period.

Looking for jobs in Glendale? With a population of just over 235,000 people,[1] Glendale is known for its plethora of historical sites and bills itself as the “Antique Capital of Arizona.”[1] Glendale is also near an Air Force base,[4] providing for potential employment opportunities with the military. Glendale is also home to the NFL team the Arizona Cardinals, a number of old and beautiful homes listed on the National Register of Historic Places and the historic Thunderbird 1 Army Air Field built during World War II.[1]

In the city of San Jose, California, the housing supply has shriveled due to overwhelming influx of new residents and prolonged construction of housing developments. With the lacking supply of homes and more affluent residents moving to San Jose, landlords and developers of for-sale properties have been inclined to raise the costs of housing. These times have caused families and individuals into circumstances such as to relocate to more affordable areas outside of San Jose, such as Tracy and Hollister, creating inconveniences with a longer commute or even worse, homelessness. The City of San Jose had identified the housing crisis and responded with an ordinance known as the inclusionary housing policy which requires property developers, particularly

Nevertheless, in today’s society and the way in which our economy is heading there is a slim to no chance for low-income families or individuals to own a comfortable place to stay. This has become a nightmare for families and individuals who wanted to be part of the American dream and now have to look for another alternative.

The problem I am addressing in this paper is, A lack of safe, decent, accessible, and affordable rental housing in communities where people chose to live. For the last twenty years, rental housing available to low income people have been demolished, not enough replacement units are being built as lower than market rates for the poor. For the last twenty years, rental housing available to low income people in urban communities around the country are steadily being demolished to make room for coffee houses and side walk eateries for those who seek residence in the inner cities from suburbia.

Over the last thirty years, in the San Francisco Bay Area, below-market housing mandates have resulted in the production of only 6,836 affordable units, an average of 228 per year (Powell and Stringham, 2004).( I’m looking for this reference). Currently, there is more demand for BMR units than there are units available, leaving the diversity of new development projects inadequate. With the increased demand for units, approximately 200 new affordable rental units have been developed each year in 2013 and 2014 (Sabatini, 2014). However, with each additional 100 market-rate housing units developed, there exists the demand for 20-30% affordable housing units in San Francisco, which is much higher than the required 12% affordable housing units (Keyser,

Dent is restating the hackneyed predictions we have heard over the past 20-years, "A Seller Tsunami will crush real estate." The population charts clearly demonstrate a growing demand market. The permanency of housing already built does not satisfy the growing population so Mr. Dent's first bullet point is not a cause for a collapse in housing space needed.