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The Positive Impacts of Affordable Housing in a Community According to The Economic Times, affordable housing is defined as housing units that are occupied by a person whose income is below the median of household income. The purpose of researching this topic is to inform readers of the positive outcomes which stem from affordable housing in communities and also to give examples of the life changing impacts affordable housing has on families. Through analysis and observation, a person may become

As of 2015, about 567,708 people experienced homelessness on a single night (National Alliance to End Homelessness, n.d.). My interest to research the information needs of this user group arose because this is a group in society that is sometimes overlooked and underrepresented. Additionally, I felt like the social and economic factors of this group is unique and the accessibility or barriers to information can heavily impact the economic mobility of people in this user group. In the article,

According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness (2016), in January 2015 there were approximately 564,708 individuals living in emergency shelters or outdoors. With the baby boomer population aging, the rate of homelessness among this population has also increased. Homelessness is defined as: 1. People who are living in a place not meant for human habitation, in emergency shelter, in transitional housing, or are exiting an institution where they temporarily resided. 2. People who are losing

Inequalities has a wide range of meanings and it is unique to each person, based on age, gender and socialisation. Regarding the home and housing, inequalities focus on social disparity of distribution or opportunity that one has. This essay will focus on comparisons and differences on inequalities in the home and housing. How and why there are these differences on those who can buy a home, why many have no choice but to rent and why there are homeless people and those who must squat. Inequalities

Structural factors, such as the availability of low-income housing exacerbate on the already burdening individual factors. The rise in homelessness is mostly due to the decrease in the number of low-cost housing units. Nowadays, families were struggling to consolidate their current situations because they are unable to afford the housing need (Thomas Betar, 2012). Inadequate of affordable housing is one of the contributors of homelessness (Ghee WY, Omar RNBR, 2015). A large number of low-income

Homelessness has seen an increase in Portland even with the 10 year plan to end chronic homelessness being enacted, falling behind the country as a whole in the quest to get the poor and vulnerable indoors. Currently, the nation is nearing its ten year plan to end chronic homelessness, which has resulted in little to no progress. This is quite concerning because a homeless person on the street will cost the city more per year than if the city invested more in guiding the homeless into stable housing

Meet Bob, he is a non-social butterfly kind of a guy that grew up in an orphanage. Bob lives by himself without a friend or family. He works at a fast food establishment that’s where he makes barely enough to pay the bills. One night coming home from work, he sees his home and everything he owns is up in flames. So, with no friends or family, he is now homeless. This was just a story how one can become a victim of homelessness. A homeless individual is defined as an individual who doesn’t have permanent

A large group of people without homes have set up a camp near my home. Some my neighbors and others in my community want Police and the Government to send them on their way. Where is on their way exactly? They have nowhere to go or call home. There is a problem because some people along with me want to help and support their stay, while others are fighting against us and them. Why couldn’t homeless people live in a vacant building? If the buildings are just sitting them crumbling away or in good

There are many factors contribute to homelessness in the United States. In this essay, those factors define to make homelessness. Why are people homeless? And what factors are boost people become homelessness? As the official count, the homelessness on a given night occur about 564,708 people in the United States (FAQs, n.d). At the most basic level of economic homelessness is caused by poverty and unemployment (Leach, n.d). First factor is housing, which is the lack of inexpensive housing and

One of the needs or concerns that the homeless person on G street faced is the lack of sleeping arrangement. Therefore, lead them to sleeping in an unsafe environment but also under bad weather. Since the tents are not protected them from the rain. It’s a concern because they have to go roaming the streets wondering if they have a safe place to sleep.  It seems that their basic need is not met since that they lack sleeping arrangements. Even though they lack sleeping arrangements, they have shown