Homeless dumping

The steady growth of the homeless population in the Washington DC area has been an ongoing issue for many years now with no end in sight. There are many reasons why people become homeless some of the most common reasons are the loss of a love one, mental health issues, loss of a job, drug problems, and gambling debts. The statistics have shown that DC has “65 percent of the regions homeless population and an estimated 1.2 percent of DC’s total population is homeless. The average for the region…

What first needs to be done to answer the question, why do young people become homeless and what can be done about this, two things need to be defined; the words, young and homeless. These words need to be defined to have a clearer understanding on what the question is asking. Young, according to the Oxford Dictionary means, “having lived or existed for only a short time” (Oxford Dictionary). But in more sociologic terms, the term young is also known as youth. The Dictionary of Sociology defines…

College Students from the National Coalition for the Homeless they highlight the crucial issue of homelessness in San Francisco, as well as the nation. The fact of the matter, each of them state, is that simply ignoring the problem and not taking action toward the rising epidemic will only result in further damage to communities. Throughout both articles the authors emphasize the causes and the reasons as to why most people end up becoming homeless, as individuals and communities the focus…

Once a family is looking into emergency assistance, the Home Base Program will investigate their claim and determine eligibility for shelter placement. If the family is eligible for other housing options, they will not get placed into one of their shelters immediately, as they are not priority at the time. A key point to emphasize to families is that entering a shelter does not guarantee them a stable apartment. They must still do their part to continue searching for a permanent home, and stable…

being taken to court by her landlord. Her next option is to go to a homeless shelter, where it costs the city $100 a night to provide for one family. In one year, New York City spends $870 million that goes towards emergency beds. On average, many families will be without a home for 415 nights . The rise of homelessness in America rises thirty-two percent as more families are getting thrown out of their homes and entering homeless shelters(nipped). Homelessness is not a temporary problem that…

Homelessness Homelessness in one of the major problems in America. Over half a million people are homeless. One quarter of the homeless people are children. This is the result of people having a low paying job or they are jobless. The lack of affordable housing is one of the causes of homelessness. In order to reduce homelessness there should be lower income housing that people can afford. (Quigley, 2014) One of the major reasons of homelessness is lack of affordable housing. Some people work…

The Mirror (A reflection of self): This paper explores the characteristics and causes of homeless individual and families with children and I will also like to reflect and share some of the remarkable things I learned during community assessment to a homeless shelter. I had the opportunity to visit Grassroots crisis intervention center. This center operates the only general emergency shelter in Howard County at 6700 Freetown Road in Columbia, MD. The program has 33 beds for families and single…

Any individual who walks through a major city is liable to see a homeless person. They lie on the streets, beg for money, and are generally considered unsightly by those fortunate enough to be in better circumstances; where a lack of stability and poverty intersect, homelessness will always be a given. The question that this brings to mind is how will society react – will these people just be left as they are, or will the government try and intervene for good or for ill? What sort of…

homelessness because of several reasons such as losing their home because of money, mental illness, domestic violence, or being born without a home because their family is homeless. However, the homeless population is viewed as criminals, drug addicts, or just lazy. Nowadays, homelessness is a subject that man Americans are facing. A homeless person tends to be associated with the images of sleeping on sidewalks, in parks, and under buildings even if no one strived to live like that. However,…

What role do you play in preventing homelessness? There are more than 500,000 people homeless in the United States. 41% of these homeless people are families with single mothers as the head of the household. A quarter of these people are children. (Johnson). The problem is that we don 't acknowledge the fact that there are families that have nowhere to lay their heads at night or even food to feed there kids. The song, “A Team” performed by Ed Sheeran addresses the issue of homelessness when…