Essay about Homelessness

Poverty and homelessness are two very distinctive concepts that greatly affect society in multiple ways. More than 45 million people in the United States live below the poverty line and because of this most are often left struggling to make means meet. Did you know that minimum wage is not enough to afford the costs of daily living in any county throughout America? There is an ongoing issue dealing with poverty and many are too pervasive to realize it’s a serious problem at hand. Often times this poverty lead to other things including homelessness. There were a reported 1.3 million children in school who were homelessness for the school year 2012-2013. Whether we want to recognize these problems or not they serve as great example for those…

(YouTube video) The image is a snapshot from of a video of a popular YouTuber that is doing a social experiment. He is pretending to be homeless, but instead of asking for money he is giving it away to people. The YouTuber is going against the cultural norm in society where people are expected to give money to the homeless instead he is giving it to people generally wearing suits and look wealthy. The narrative of homelessness that is being presented in this video is that homeless people are…

According to the estimated research of Wolf (2012), he said that the most wealth of U.S. go to the rich people with the percentage of 88.9 percent, while the poor people, where the homeless people included, only have -1.4 percent of riches. With these results, we can clearly see that the poverty is a really big problem and homelessness is one of the biggest engenders of it. Homelessness is an exceptionally immense issue that America has come to confront. The majority of these homeless people are…

I walk the streets that have become my only home. All around me are people walking. People with jobs, families, and places they call home. These people do not acknowledge me. They walk past me as if I am a ghost they cannot see. Mothers look down at their phones, while their children point at me, and ask curious questions. In a street filled with people, I am completely and utterly alone. They all deny my existence, and scoff at my presumed laziness, drug use, or mental illness. I hold a sign…

Chronic Homelessness Homelessness in the U.S. has affected millions of individuals’ social conditions for decades. Living conditions of homeless people in America is a serious epidemic, but in a progressive society, these issues are being addressed. Programs such as the National Alliances to End Homelessness have been put into effect to eliminate different aspects of homelessness, specifically of the different classifications addressing the chronically homeless. Numbers have drastically…

Homelessness is a very complex issue because not only does it affect the lives of individuals, but it also impacts the country itself. America as a whole would benefit considerably if homelessness rates decreased. The results of this would be positive social, political, and even scientific changes. There are many causes for homelessness and consequently, there are many ways to prevent homelessness. By ending the stigma against the homeless and improving homeless programs, the United States will…

Culture and Individual Development in Homelessness Katelyn Rose Morris Butte Community College Culture and Individual Development in Homelessness “I miss my house but I’m never homeless. Home is where you make it… I miss my home, but I’m never homeless. Home is where you make it” (Indar, 2013). After reading this as well as many other short stories and poems that were compiled into the book Writing for Donuts, you can definitely see that the homeless have a culture all their own. Culture and…

Homelessness: Is it a Problem? What’s the solution? Homelessness by definition is “without home”, which means that the homeless are without a home of their own. They could have a relative or friend they live with, or their circumstances could be worse and they could be sleeping on a bench or in their car. There are varying degrees of homelessness, but they are all bad. Homelessness is a problem that many people struggle with or have struggled with. Sometimes it is constant struggling with…

Homelessness has always existed as a complex and contentious issue. Approaches to definition, methods of its analysis and solutions to the problem are constantly changing. Over the past century, there has been a shift of focus towards homelessness as a structural issue, not just a pathological one. On the contrary, since the Poor Laws of the 1500s, England’s fundamental relationship with homeless has been grounded in many clear and unchanging stigmas e.g. the deserving and the undeserving. These…

Mental Health and Homelessness Law President John F Kennedy signed the Community Mental Health Act into law in 1963 which revolutionized and improved mental health care in America. Prior to this law, there were limited community-based treatment facilities. Therefore, the mentally-ill population was being institutionalized in hospital settings with no thought of community re-entry plan. Following this law, those patients were able to reenter the community while still receiving mental health…