According to an article by Scott Keyes, 7 people literally froze to death in California in 2013 because they were homeless and they didn’t have a house to sleep in. (Keyes) The homeless people, who only had a choice to sleep outside on such a freezing night, don’t seem to be treated as human even though dogs or cats can sleep inside warm houses. People have rights, which are for people to live as humans. Rights are invisible and valuable, but people tend to take them for granted because they already have them. There is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights that promises the equal and inalienable rights of every one of people under the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan) However,
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Homeless people seem to be free and care what they want to do without working. Having rights and being free are different. Also, according to the journal New Perspective on Community-Level Determinants of Homelessness, homeless people can’t get a job even though they want to get a job. (Byrne, Munley and Fargo) Furthermore, they don’t have a chance to go for a vote to change the society that they live in. (National Coalition for the Homeless) They are struggling with the unfairness and discrimination as women and black people used to experience. The rights of homeless people are ignored by other people, and their rights are practically gone. Rights mean freedom of “doing anything you want to do” and “doing nothing you don’t want to”. It sounds like rights and freedoms are the same thing, but they are actually different. Readers should try to think about the difference between rights and freedom by using Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe as a clue. This is a novel about a man who has lived in a solitary island in the distant ocean for 28 years. On the solitary island, Robinson Crusoe lives alone and has the self-sufficient life. Sometimes a storm, a flood, and violent …show more content…
Byrne, who wrote New Perspective on Community-Level Determinants of Homelessness, said that there are many factors why people become homelessness. As a result of individual-level factors such as adverse childhood experiences, disability, mental illness, and exogenous health and income shocks could be factors that bring people homelessness. Macro-level trends such as decreases in the availability of affordable housing, labor market conditions, and prevalence of disability also could be the factors that people become homelessness as well according to many community-level studies. (Byrne, Munley and Fargo) In other words, homeless people became homeless not because they were lazy but because there were various factors or reasons that made them homeless. Once people became homeless, they have to fight against employment barriers such as limited work experience or useful job skills, having young children with no access to child care, or bad credit which can make both finding a job and a house difficult. Lack of knowledge or access to technology also could be a disadvantage for the homeless people in getting a job because some skills or knowledge of computers and technology is essential for every field in this job market. Main employment programs may meet some basic needs for some homeless people, but they struggle to encourage employment or provide adequate income and support. (National Coalition for the
Homeless people seem to be free and care what they want to do without working. Having rights and being free are different. Also, according to the journal New Perspective on Community-Level Determinants of Homelessness, homeless people can’t get a job even though they want to get a job. (Byrne, Munley and Fargo) Furthermore, they don’t have a chance to go for a vote to change the society that they live in. (National Coalition for the Homeless) They are struggling with the unfairness and discrimination as women and black people used to experience. The rights of homeless people are ignored by other people, and their rights are practically gone. Rights mean freedom of “doing anything you want to do” and “doing nothing you don’t want to”. It sounds like rights and freedoms are the same thing, but they are actually different. Readers should try to think about the difference between rights and freedom by using Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe as a clue. This is a novel about a man who has lived in a solitary island in the distant ocean for 28 years. On the solitary island, Robinson Crusoe lives alone and has the self-sufficient life. Sometimes a storm, a flood, and violent …show more content…
Byrne, who wrote New Perspective on Community-Level Determinants of Homelessness, said that there are many factors why people become homelessness. As a result of individual-level factors such as adverse childhood experiences, disability, mental illness, and exogenous health and income shocks could be factors that bring people homelessness. Macro-level trends such as decreases in the availability of affordable housing, labor market conditions, and prevalence of disability also could be the factors that people become homelessness as well according to many community-level studies. (Byrne, Munley and Fargo) In other words, homeless people became homeless not because they were lazy but because there were various factors or reasons that made them homeless. Once people became homeless, they have to fight against employment barriers such as limited work experience or useful job skills, having young children with no access to child care, or bad credit which can make both finding a job and a house difficult. Lack of knowledge or access to technology also could be a disadvantage for the homeless people in getting a job because some skills or knowledge of computers and technology is essential for every field in this job market. Main employment programs may meet some basic needs for some homeless people, but they struggle to encourage employment or provide adequate income and support. (National Coalition for the