Homelessness and Poverty
Homelessness is defined the unavailability of a fixed and regular night time living place. There is no definite definition of homelessness. Homelessness lies somewhere between having no specific place of residence, roofless houses and residence in bad housing setting (Bhugra). According to the stipulations of the millennium development goals, a person is considered poor if they live below $1 per day (Abdulai and Shamshiry). However, the lack of a permanent place of residence is a major indicator of poverty in any one country. Most people have the notion that those that live and sleep on the street benches and tents are the only homeless people. When people think of poverty, they only think of the dirt, the ragged, those …show more content…
Personal development is inhibited by the loss of skills caused by the inability to sit back and think about employment due to overthinking on the housing problem. Lack of a proper living place also harms people’s flexibility, self-confidence and self- esteem. Poverty is most prevalent in the 3rd world countries, a woman giving birth dies due to inability to cater for adequate maternal care. In the poor countries also, an average of 20 children die of avoidable diseases such as malaria of diarrhea (Green). Therefore, it is important to devise means of curbing and homelessness to avoid the above mentioned adverse …show more content…
There exists a direct positive correlation between poverty and homelessness, but poverty does not always lead to homelessness. However, the underlying cause of homelessness is poverty. The topic of inequality has been a hot topic over the years, but the country’s decision makers have continued to ignore the idea of redistribution of resources equitably. The 20th and the 21st centuries have made great strides in health, education, rule of the law, technological advancement, and economic development. This is not enough yet. This paper clearly discusses the causes, the effects and means of curbing poverty and residential problems. The paper provides clear and reliable insight important to the world as a whole on the initiatives that will eradicate poverty and
Homelessness is defined the unavailability of a fixed and regular night time living place. There is no definite definition of homelessness. Homelessness lies somewhere between having no specific place of residence, roofless houses and residence in bad housing setting (Bhugra). According to the stipulations of the millennium development goals, a person is considered poor if they live below $1 per day (Abdulai and Shamshiry). However, the lack of a permanent place of residence is a major indicator of poverty in any one country. Most people have the notion that those that live and sleep on the street benches and tents are the only homeless people. When people think of poverty, they only think of the dirt, the ragged, those …show more content…
Personal development is inhibited by the loss of skills caused by the inability to sit back and think about employment due to overthinking on the housing problem. Lack of a proper living place also harms people’s flexibility, self-confidence and self- esteem. Poverty is most prevalent in the 3rd world countries, a woman giving birth dies due to inability to cater for adequate maternal care. In the poor countries also, an average of 20 children die of avoidable diseases such as malaria of diarrhea (Green). Therefore, it is important to devise means of curbing and homelessness to avoid the above mentioned adverse …show more content…
There exists a direct positive correlation between poverty and homelessness, but poverty does not always lead to homelessness. However, the underlying cause of homelessness is poverty. The topic of inequality has been a hot topic over the years, but the country’s decision makers have continued to ignore the idea of redistribution of resources equitably. The 20th and the 21st centuries have made great strides in health, education, rule of the law, technological advancement, and economic development. This is not enough yet. This paper clearly discusses the causes, the effects and means of curbing poverty and residential problems. The paper provides clear and reliable insight important to the world as a whole on the initiatives that will eradicate poverty and