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    Homelessness in America Homelessness in America could be considered a major issue considering that over five hundred thousand people are currently homeless in America.We see it everywhere yet it is not talked about.In the interest of finding a solution to homelessness in America we must learn the history behind it, take a look at all of it's contributors, and lastly see what exactly are we doing in order to avoid it as much as possible. Something must to be done to aid the situation before it spirals

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    most complex issues facing the United States right now is the growing number of homelessness. There are so many people from so many different backgrounds and demographics that it is a truly overwhelming task to keep track. Most of them will go without the base level of needs for a human, including food, clean water, and shelter. In almost every case, with homelessness comes poverty. Dreisbach (2013) says, "homelessness in America is a persistent, complex, and widely-occurring problem that incorporates

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    United States children lived in families where no parent had full-time, year-round employment. One in five children live in households whose earnings fall below the poverty level in the United States. An estimated 671,850 Americans experience homelessness on any given night. Approximately 34% of homeless are under the age of twenty-four. Health experts report that even a 2-degree drop in body temperature results in a reduced heart rate, loss of coordination, and confusion. Adults cannot work effectively

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    Veterans are very honorable people in the United States. They have served and risked their lives to help defend our country and this makes them heroes in many people’s eyes. Despite efforts to create a pleasant life after the military, some veterans still struggle. Many veterans come back from their time overseas to start a family, have kids and find a new job. However, some are not that fortunate and lack the support network to be successful and therefore live in poverty. Veterans, male and

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    Homelessness In America Essay

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    Homelessness has become a serious problem in today’s society. Despite the organizations that help multitudes of homeless people, homelessness is continually increasing. In recent years, America’s culture has been changing due to economic, political, and social issues. These issues have caused a lot of stress on America resulting in abject poverty in several cities. Poverty is not nationwide, but if dealt with lightly, the affects can be catastrophic. Homelessness is increasing more than ever, and

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    Open your eyes! Homelessness is not just people living on the streets or cars because they chose to. Now empathize with the homeless. These are the people that are unable to acquire a lasting, regular, and safe place to reside. Often times society views the homeless as an invisible aspect of society and others view them as nuisances. There are so many underlying factors that explain why one is homeless, and what society can do to help this social issue. The basic human necessities in life are food

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    Homelessness is the situation where individuals lack safe and adequate housing resulting in sleeping in the streets, their cars, and family or friends homes or in shelters. According to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), a homeless person is an individual who does not a have a permanent residence place, but rather has a temporary nighttime residence which is not designed for the accommodation of human beings (National Health Care for the Homeless Council, n.d.) Such

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    on their feet. Homelessness is an injustice to everybody, not just homeless people. Homelessness is bad for the economy and is bad for the image of this beautiful country. Nobody wants to hear it, but homelessness is a growing

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    On any given night there are over 600,000 individuals experiencing homelessness across America (State of Homelessness, 2014). Some may be in transitional housing, others in shelters. Some may be completely on their own or with a companion of sorts, others are entire families lacking shelter, food, and basic everyday essentials more fortunate people take for granted. It is hard for anyone to believe that living on the streets could be a reality. The majority of homeless people have been driven into

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    living on the streets, or transitioning from house to house. As a citizen of the United States, we need to find a way to end homelessness. We need to provide aid or employment for the homeless. One way to end homelessness is to provide more affordable housing. Lack of housing creates homelessness. Putting more houses in America is essential to ending homelessness. Creating housing will provide a stable platform so people can keep a job, take care of their health, and address their mental

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