Homelessness in the United States

Homelessness is an ongoing issue that is difficult to fully understand due to its complexity and infinite factors. There are several reasons that people are experiencing homelessness all across America. One major reason is that a large percentage of the people living in homelessness need additional support and services, such as psychiatric or substance abuse treatment to get out of this living…

Throughout the world, homelessness is an ongoing problem that affects millions of people on a daily basis. Many people face an intense struggle to survive harsh conditions and stay alive. It is a constant effort to break out of the homelessness despite the fact that the society turns against the homeless population. Homelessness is a societal issue that cuts through every race, age, and cultural background; however, the lack of affordable housing is a common issue homeless people share.…

major causes of homelessness in the U.S. do you feel you could have the greatest impact on a family’s mental health? It was disheartening to read that “216,261 family members were literally homeless on a single night in January, and almost 60% of these were children under the age of 18”. The picture this article provides is haunting. While this is a hard issue to tackle, we as mental health counselors can help families going through homelessness. One major cause of homelessness as reported by…

Maintaining homeless shelters, soup kitchens, and other such programs to support the homeless are necessary measures, but do little to end homelessness. In Nishio et al.’s Causes of homelessness prevalence, a poll among 114 homeless individuals found approximately half believed their homelessness derived from their unemployment (Nishio et al., 2016). Of course, unemployment is a byproduct of any capitalist economy and is an entirely different problem to tackle. Nevertheless, prospective…

Homelessness has and continues to affect many people in the United States, such as single parents, children and veterans. No one wakes up and decides to become homeless. Homelessness, in most cases, is an economic problem. However, in other cases, it can be caused by medical and political problems as well. People become homeless for a variety of reasons such as lack of affordable housing, long-term mental illness, drug abuse, juvenile delinquency and lack of public assistance.…

Reducing Homelessness in America In the United States, more than three million people experience homelessness each year. Homelessness, simply defined, is the absence of no place to live. Unemployment, a health crisis, or the breakup of a family are the most common causes for someone to fall into homelessness. According to National Alliance to End Homelessness, while most of the homeless population resided in some sort of shelter or in transitional housing units in 2013, approximately thirty-five…

that seem unrealistic to fix; poverty, bullying, terrorism, global warming... it’s overwhelming. Most people believe that homelessness is one of those unfixable problems, but they are wrong. Yes homelessness is a worldwide problem, but there is a solution. The solution to homelessness is to put the homeless people in homes. The U.S. is more than capable of fixing homelessness. Thousands of Americans go to bed every night without a roof over their heads. Children asking their parents every…

There are many causes of homelessness, but addiction is the most common. I know the biggest cause of become homeless is drug addiction from those day. Also, most people know that homeless become by the drug, alcohol, mental illness, or domestic violence. There are a lot of news and articles about homeless people. I can understand and accept why he homelessness drug is used today. The relationship between addiction and homelessness is complex and controversial. Many people who are addicted to…

The Institute for Children, Poverty, and Homelessness (ICPH) is a policy research organization in New York whose focus is on the family homelessness throughout the United States. According to the website, homelessness is a national issue, but it can be solved at local levels through tailored solutions that work best for individual communities. For this reason, this website seeks to provide information on how the problem of homelessness can be solved through involving homeless families. Here,…

No Place Like Home: Using Date to Promote Family Unity Homelessness has particularly detrimental effects on the development of adolescents and leads to increased stressors in families. In the United States, the number of children and young people that are homeless on any given night has been estimated at around 1.3 million (National Runaway Switchboard, 2009). The state of Minnesota made an effort to tackle youth homelessness by adopting the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act in 2016, which is…