Homelessness In America

First, people had a hard time finding or keeping their jobs. Gordon Parks says “along with millions of others across the nation, I was without a job” (Hayes). For the people who didn’t have jobs would search for any work that was available. The boy in Digging In states “Most of the “Jobs” where those you made for yourself” (Hastings). These people would do anything so that they could provide for there families. And for the people who did have jobs would get fired because the business could not pay them. They could not pay them because no one was buying their stock. “owners and managers lost confidence in the economy” (Hayes). Some businesses had to shut down because they weren’t making enough profit. It was a vicious cycle that seemed that it would never end. Second, people could not pay rent, so they would have to live out on the streets. In the essay Firing, Not Hiring it says, “people found themselves and their furniture on the sidewalk” (Hayes). People started making small, geto, unsanitary shelters, “In larger cities, the homeless congregate in abandoned lots and constructed makeshift “homes” of scrap wood” (Hayes). They called these shelters hoovervilles. They called it this because they blamed president Hoover for the great depression. The shelters were not the …show more content…
In the essay Digging In, the boy mentioned that, “With no dependable income, we cut back on everything possible” (Hastings). Electricity, mobility (car), radio, and much more stuff was taken out of there everyday lives. They needed the money for more important things like food, rent, and water. Franklin D. Roosevelt created programed to help feed people. One of the programs was, “(POUR) encouraged people to help the needy by sharing food” (Hayes). President Franklin Roosevelt had good intentions, however, this program didn’t work. He underestimated how many people needed help and he didn’t have enough food for all of