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    People do not show enough empathy towards people who unfortunately are homeless they show compassion but don’t do anything to make a difference for them. Empathy is sharing the same emotions and feelings towards another person. Because of the lack of empathy of homeless people, society is not empathetic enough. Obviously there's a lack of empathy for homeless people because they're not fortinet. Three to seven of those cities are in america. And in Salt Lake, Utah they held a 4 hour meeting

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    At this very moment I’m sure that no one in this speech class would imagine being homeless within the next month or two. However, sometimes life can be unpredictable, and for many people the unexpected strikes out of nowhere. Contrary to what most people assume, those that are homeless are usually just ordinary people going through a difficult stage in life. The homeless of our society from my perspective are overlooked to an extent of rotting the core of our communities. A person is deserving of

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    largely responsible for the continuing rise in our homeless population. Quite simply, there is a shortage of affordable housing in our nation and the housing that is available requires the poor to spend the better part of half of their income on rent alone. This leaves almost nothing leftover to cover basic needs; making putting something away for a rainy day out of the question. Clearly, the cost of housing cannot be met with a minimum

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    The homeless are a vulnerable population. They are defined by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as “an individual who lacks housing (without regard to whether the individual is a member of a family), including an individual whose primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private facility (e.g., shelters) that provides temporary living accommodations, and an individual who is a resident in transitional housing.” (The National Health Care for the Homeless Council,

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    Working together to make a change Working together to make a change I never thought that working together can make a big difference.Just remembering the difference that I made to those people just made me glad about that day.Although I was not even planning to make a change.Although others might not think that someone can make a change I just found out that If one helps it may encourage others to also make a change.It was just a nice sunny, normal day and I was just planning on going to the In and

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    who are thirty years old or younger have grown up believing that homelessness was always part of the landscape. The younger generation has come to believe that there have always been homeless people sitting on park benches. When an individual is asked what they see most in a large city like Chicago or New York, ‘homeless people’ is a common response. According to the United States Census Bureau, 320.8 million individuals currently live in the United States of America. Imagine the proportion of individuals

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    Every year hundreds of families, war veterans, and people with physical and mental handicaps are left homeless and on the streets. Many of these peoples are unable to work as a result of these disabilities and in today's economy unable to find jobs if they do have the ability to work. The government's response to this issue is through programs that help people find jobs or that establish affordable living situations for people in those situations. In order to fix homelessness, the american people

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    Homeless People Have Names Also A few years ago in Nashville a homeless man named Steve Young sold a copy of homeless paper The Contributor to a man named Mike Dotson (Dotson). After this brief encounter Steve didn’t think he would ever see Mike again. When Mike showed up a few days later with a breakfast sandwich Steve was proven wrong (Dotson). Mike gave him the sandwich and with a joking smile said he had “licked the cheese off it for him” (Dotson). Although his joke may have been rather stupid

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    among the homeless include the elderly, children, and those who are mentally ill. This is a cause for concern for citizens who are living their daily lives. Some people express their fear of homeless persons, believing that they are just beggars for money and take up space on the streets. Although the description homeless people is not always true, homelessness does affect society and puts the future generation at risk of becoming homeless as well. People need to bring attention to the homeless problem

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    John Grisham “Somewhere for Everyone”: The Homeless issue in America Homelessness is referred to a person or a group of people without a permanent residence. They cannot meet or maintain adequate housing due to various reasons. According to Project Home; “Nearly one-quarter (23 percent or 127,787) of all homeless people were children, under the age of 18. Ten percent (or 52,973) were between the ages of 18 and 24, and 66 percent (or 383,948) were 25 years or older.” (2016) with many of these

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