Homelessness Argumentation Essay

Every morning, I wake up in my warm, comfortable bed. I roll over and check my phone, then get up, go to the bathroom, and head off to the gym. I do this every morning, without any real thought or consideration. While not everyone follows the same morning routine, for the most part, people have a similar frame of mind. Wake up, get ready for your day, and go. Now imagine not knowing where you were going to fall asleep every night. That’s a pretty difficult thing to think about, right? Unfortunately, that is a very real part of life for between 2,000 and 4,000 people in San Luis Obispo County (Leslie). Homelessness is one of the biggest issues plaguing our community and our country. The question is, how exactly did we get to this point? Homelessness is not a new concept in the world. Homelessness dates all the way back to the mid 1600’s. At that time, it wasn’t seen as an unfortunate life circumstance. It was thought of as being a major character flaw. Because Christianity was so widespread, most people believed that they would be taken care of by God as long as they were “good” Christians. This was so firmly believed that people who had found themselves homeless were made to prove their worthiness to to higher ups in the town (Fischer). Of course, we no longer …show more content…
Webster 's Dictionary defines homelessness as having no home or permanent place of residence (Miriam-Webster). I feel that that is a pretty straight up definition, but did you know there are different classifications of homelessness? They are split up into four main typologies: transitional homelessness, episodic homelessness, chronic homelessness, and youth homelessness (National Health Care…). Youth homelessness is split into four sub categories as follows: situational runaways, runaways, throwaways, systems youth. One thing is for sure, homelessness clearly does not fit into one certain