Treatment of Homeless Citizens
There is an underlying dystopian society that America is covering up. Women are selling themselves to survive and law enforcement is stripping human beings of their only belongings due to their economic status. The few housing developments that they actually provide to these people are insufficient, unclean, and all together dangerous. This is being homeless in America. The United States of America, built on hope and the American dream, is hiding and deliberately trying to justify the injustices it is forcing its citizens to endure. The numerous problems that besiege homeless persons on a daily basis is astounding to think about. Waking up and being scrutinized for not having the amount of money that others have …show more content…
The cities enforcing these laws are putting more relevant matters aside to focus on criminalizing homeless people that have nowhere to go but into street side encampments. In making the foundation of homelessness illegal, such as panhandling, the crime rate will rise. Once nonviolent offenders have taken to looting, robbing, and stealing in order to get the money that they earned previously in activities made illegal (Price par. 64). The homeless community depends on stranger’s altruism and making handouts illegal is the antithesis of what is needed. Adding laws to homelessness will lead only to nihilism and not results. If a government puts limits on its people and makes human functions illegal one can all but expect rebellion against the laws. The US Interagency Council on Homelessness has strongly advised local governments not to enact laws criminalizing homelessness. (National Coalition for Homeless par. 2) Most local governments still implement the laws that are proven not to work in order to improve the city beautification projects, not improve the situation. There are many cases where American heroes are put out on the street because they could not get jobs because of their physical disabilities or PTSD. A man interviewed by “invisible people” named Arthur is one of those cases; a relationship failed and he …show more content…
They are provided with safe shelters that are theft free and easily accessible. Also that they are aware of the sexual assault risks in their lives and know the statistics to determine the likelihood of the assault happening to them. Officials are trying to effectively balance public safety with effectively handling the homeless epidemic in cities and failing at every step they take. Homeless people are people too and they deserve the same things that the general population expects. Affordable housing, safety in public, and to be held to laws that will not impact them so severely. Even if homeless people went to shelters, two thirds have a chance of being turned away because shelters are not big enough to hold the cities entire homeless population. There is a significant drop in homelessness when affordable housing is introduced and it saves money in the long run. Seeing as criminalization of homeless people takes money to persecute these people and to hold them in jail, prison, or in local police stations. The issue of assault needs to be addressed as the major issue that it is. It cannot be swept under the rug. The overall crime rate has been affected by the laws put in place that are unethical and unjustified. By going the core of the issues solving them, the issue of homelessness will be easier than just covering it up. The roots of homelessness are not
There is an underlying dystopian society that America is covering up. Women are selling themselves to survive and law enforcement is stripping human beings of their only belongings due to their economic status. The few housing developments that they actually provide to these people are insufficient, unclean, and all together dangerous. This is being homeless in America. The United States of America, built on hope and the American dream, is hiding and deliberately trying to justify the injustices it is forcing its citizens to endure. The numerous problems that besiege homeless persons on a daily basis is astounding to think about. Waking up and being scrutinized for not having the amount of money that others have …show more content…
The cities enforcing these laws are putting more relevant matters aside to focus on criminalizing homeless people that have nowhere to go but into street side encampments. In making the foundation of homelessness illegal, such as panhandling, the crime rate will rise. Once nonviolent offenders have taken to looting, robbing, and stealing in order to get the money that they earned previously in activities made illegal (Price par. 64). The homeless community depends on stranger’s altruism and making handouts illegal is the antithesis of what is needed. Adding laws to homelessness will lead only to nihilism and not results. If a government puts limits on its people and makes human functions illegal one can all but expect rebellion against the laws. The US Interagency Council on Homelessness has strongly advised local governments not to enact laws criminalizing homelessness. (National Coalition for Homeless par. 2) Most local governments still implement the laws that are proven not to work in order to improve the city beautification projects, not improve the situation. There are many cases where American heroes are put out on the street because they could not get jobs because of their physical disabilities or PTSD. A man interviewed by “invisible people” named Arthur is one of those cases; a relationship failed and he …show more content…
They are provided with safe shelters that are theft free and easily accessible. Also that they are aware of the sexual assault risks in their lives and know the statistics to determine the likelihood of the assault happening to them. Officials are trying to effectively balance public safety with effectively handling the homeless epidemic in cities and failing at every step they take. Homeless people are people too and they deserve the same things that the general population expects. Affordable housing, safety in public, and to be held to laws that will not impact them so severely. Even if homeless people went to shelters, two thirds have a chance of being turned away because shelters are not big enough to hold the cities entire homeless population. There is a significant drop in homelessness when affordable housing is introduced and it saves money in the long run. Seeing as criminalization of homeless people takes money to persecute these people and to hold them in jail, prison, or in local police stations. The issue of assault needs to be addressed as the major issue that it is. It cannot be swept under the rug. The overall crime rate has been affected by the laws put in place that are unethical and unjustified. By going the core of the issues solving them, the issue of homelessness will be easier than just covering it up. The roots of homelessness are not