Homelessness in the United States

Homelessness among the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual, Transgendered, Queer/Questioning (LGBTQ) youth, is continuing to grow each year at an alarming rate. This issue remains dormant in regards to not receiving due attention that it needs. Addressed in the writing will be the reasons as to why so many LGBTQ youth are homeless, and the solutions to fixing this societal epidemic. As to follow: the steps of developing a solution to this issue; the requirements needed for thus; as well as the economic…

69% of homeless people in Michigan families are single mothers with children.There shouldn’t be any people living on the streets.All the homeless people,mainly live downtown Detroit under the bridge. Money is the biggest issue of homelessness in the United States.You need a job to make money in order to get a job you need to have all of the qualifications for the job. If they have what it takes to do a job they should…

food truck. She regularly gives out food to people experiencing homelessness. On Tuesday, a police officer fined her because what she was doing went against a new law. This is not the first time someone has been given a fine for handing out food to homeless people in public. According to www.motherjones.com/politics, 71 cities in America have either passed or tried to pass a law that bans feeding people who are experiencing homelessness. Some people believe that the ban benefits everyone, but…

Over 1.2 million students drop out of high school in the United States alone(dosomething.org). Most jobs in America now require applicants to have a minimum of a high school diploma. In an interview with Jeremiah Byrd, Larry Miller, a journalist for Philadelphia Tribune, Byrd stated that even though he was in the…

the amount of individuals who have experienced homelessness over the years, however research has shown that over the past few decades the capacity of transitional housing and emergency shelters has tripled, in order to attempt to accommodate the rising rates of individuals without homes. Although the exact amount of individuals who are considered homeless cannot be calculated, it can be estimated that nearly 3.5 million individuals experience homelessness every year, 1.35 million of them being…

Different 4 There are a lot of factors that construe the homeless epidemic. Factors the contribute to homelessness includes job loss, divorce, domestic abuse, foreclosure of home, serious illness, mental and physical illness, substance abuse and even natural disasters all help to contribute to homelessness. Which shows it can happen to anyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion and even social class. Even with government regulations there can occur a loss of financial…

It has been over 50 years since Lyndon B. Johnson declared a war on poverty in his 1964 State of the Union address. Since then, our nation has failed to eradicate poverty in the United States. Proof of failure is displayed in high poverty rates, an abundance of homelessness, and inflated crime. Poverty rates fluctuate throughout the years, but the overall trend shows a decline. A common belief is that poverty has improved because the previous poverty rate was 19 percent, and now it has…

The United States Marine Corps is the finest fighting force on this planet, and at thirteen weeks, their basic training program is the longest of all of the United States Military Forces. That thirteen weeks is dedicated towards completely removing all civilian qualities from a person and changing a “whimpering civilian” into a highly trained United States Marine. If the U.S. Government is that dedicated to the concept of training and preparing their troops for what is to come, then that same…

Also, the relationship between addiction and homelessness are complicate and controversial. However, habituated drugs and alcohol obsession could give chance too many people can increase the risk of homelessness (Homelessness in America - National Coalition for the Homeless, n.d). Homeless problem is far away in developing countries. In Europe alone, there are three million people on the streets. Australia and Canada, hundreds of thousands of people are homeless. Of course, the problem is worse…

country individuals are concisely making the decisions between being able to eat that day or to make their residents payments. With housing being such a big portion of the income of the household many individuals become homeless to survive. In the United States, 13.3% of its population are homeless, according to The U.S Bureaus of the Census. Poverty for these individuals may be due to the recent erosions of job dues to the economic recession. Poverty may also be due to the decrees ability in…