Homeless People In America

The city that produces the stars of the world also is the homeless capital of America. Homelessness is a growing issue in America as of 2012 about 633,783 people that were homeless across the country(Holland). There were 44,359 homeless people in Los Angeles County and 25,686 in the city itself, according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services. Homelessness damages the people affected mentally and physically like through their lost of skill. The inability to find the job because the fear of being judged on by the people around you because of a persons appearance. This issue should be more looked upon as basic human needs like Access to permanent and adequate shelter are not available to many across the country in their daily live. In our society …show more content…
As the cost of living in this county continues to grow so will the amount of homeless people. Many say the warm weather has been been a magnet for homeless people compared to cold wet winter in Toronto. This text was useful because of the one of the solution that the city of Los Angeles has decided on was to declare a state of emergency and commit $100 million towards housing and other service for the homeless(Holland). They are home to most homeless people in the country and this was the correct way to go because they need the help. Shelter is very important to everyone and the way many of homeless people live right now are dangerous like living in tents under the bridges is putting a lot of lives under risk. Using this budget to build housing is the correct way and will lead to better …show more content…
The authors for this book all have achieved degrees in Occupational Therapy(Kathleen Swenson Miller, Ph.D., OTR/L; Georgiana L. Herzberg, Ph.D., OTR/L; and Sharon A. Ray, Sc. D, OTR/L). The book focusing on specifically homelessness in America and how these homeless services are organized, the newest trends in service and also the funding sources. This book shows the how the solution is how advanced the services have become over the year and how they work with these homeless people mentally to get them back on the road to success. If these workers continue to work really hard with them I think this will reduce the number of people living on the streets if we continue to help them get a positive mindset even though they might have had a dark past. This authors that have wrote this book have a lot of knowledge in homelessness and to upgrade the service for the homeless will serve