Anti-homelessness legislation

The Epidemic of Homelessness in America Imagine the limitations of providing adequate housing for you, and your family while living paycheck to paycheck. Where a sick day, or the cut back of hours at work could leave you with the inability to pay rent. Unfortunately, this is a hardship that millions of Americans who live below the poverty line face on a daily basis. Now, imagine someone suffering with mental illness, or drug addiction on their own, who are obviously in desperate need for the…

247). Mandel & Schram (2014), "state that blaming the victim is an approach that deflects attention from the real causes of homelessness” (Mandel & Schram, pg. 247). These causes include “poverty, insufficient affordable housing and insufficient money to pay for housing" (Mandel & Schram, pg. 247). Many homeless people are “stereotyped as deviant, degenerate, drunk and crazy”…

transgender youth are at a disadvantage compared to their straight peers when they are faced with homelessness. According to the 40 to None Network, forty percent of homeless youth in the United States identify as LGBT*. Currently, only a few high profile individuals and a number group organizations are working to solve this issue, and there is little cohesiveness among the parties in how to address homelessness among LGBT* youth. The Research Previous research has shown that because this…

The skill that I still need to most work on refining is time management. Oftentimes throughout our section I would let our group get sidetracked for much too long simply because I was enjoying the discussion, or I was so glad that they were enjoying the discussion. Because of this there were numerous occasions where we did not make it to all the topics I wanted to discuss that day. I need to work on reeling a group back in to refocus and get back on topic. This particular shortcoming, I believe,…

Homelessness is an issue in Licking County just like it is around the world, but it need’s to come to an end. The amount of people that are homeless in 2016 just in Licking County is a number that is why to high based on the resources that we have as a community. Throughout this community as a whole we have a lot of vacant space that could if we really wanted it to help the homeless. In Licking County it is possible to come together to work towards the problem that is at hand with homelessness…

The Impact of Residential Schools Residential schools were made to kill the Indian in the child claiming to make Canada a better place. The Government of Canada thought that the residential schools would help the Native families, but the way the children were treated and kept at the schools the Aboriginal culture is still suffering from the violence and abuse. Aboriginal parents don’t know how to treat their children because of their experience from Residential Schools; the violence was passed…

In addition, there is a significant relationship between mistreatment in school and homelessness. Grant et al. (2011) found that in a national survey, 25% of transgender individuals who had experienced verbal, sexual or physical assault due to their gender identity had experienced homelessness. More specifically, for those physically assaulted at school, 38% reported experiencing homelessness, and for those who left school due to harassment, 48% were currently or formerly homeless (Grant…

When you feel the slight hunger we typical go to the kitchen open the fridge and find something to eat but to a homeless person that is not the case. An average person that went through homelessness have gone without food more than once it is very hard situation. According to National Homeless “46 million Americans visit food-sharing programs annually. It is estimated that one out of every six Americans go hungry on a daily basis.” Going without…

states that the sum of homeless veterans has now deflated to 40,000, a 47% increased improvement. The Department of Veterans Affairs has cut back health care with the distention of disability benefits. The campaign “Mayor’s Challenge to End Veteran Homelessness” has successfully accomplished its goals in only two of the states, Virginia and Connecticut. Due to legal actions, the V.A. has finally begun steadfast actions to build 1,200 supportive housing units. (New York Times,…

Homelessness in Austin is on the rise. In fact, the homeless population in Austin has increased by 20% in the last year. That means more and more people you have to deal with asking you for money. Too often these people suffering from systemic poverty ask us for help and I say, enough. I’m tired of their excuses that they have families, mental health issues, or any other common and understandable reason for being homeless. They need to just stop using drugs, wear nicer clothes, or any of the…