Homelessness in the United States

Matt Malcolm Mrs. Snyder English 9 16 December 2014 The Problem of Homelessness Three out of every ten homeless people can credit their current living environment to their choices to do and abuse drugs (Gerdes 69). Furthermore, many become homeless because someone related to them chose to abuse them while under the influence of drugs (Gerdes 69). What is homelessness? How can we stop or fix the problem of homelessness? The answer to this question is quite simple, but many choose to ignore or…

Alexander-Eitzman, B., Pollio, D. E., & North, C. S. (2013). The neighborhood context of homelessness. American Journal of Public Health, 103(4), 679-685. A longitudinal study of four-hundred homeless adults located in the St. Louis area was conducted by collecting the previous addresses and sleeping locations of the individuals and comparisons were made over a one to two year follow-up interview. The intention of this article is to examine the changing neighborhood characteristics of homeless…

While there are more than a few groups of people who experience homelessness in the United States and other parts of the world different ways, their homelessness is usually characterized by lack of stable housing coupled with extreme poverty (Henslin, 2013). I realized this after reading the author’s research concerning the homeless population in the United States. However, in my career as a human services professional, I would like to work with the mentally ill and the runaways. The mentally…

people who are currently experiencing or who have experienced homelessness. It has a single mission: To prevent, end and protect homelessness and their civil rights while supporting the needs of those experiencing homelessness. It is our objective to cultivate the message of the National Coalition for the Homeless to spread significance of the care around the U.S, make the systemic and attitudinal changes important to avoid and end homelessness. The target audience of NCH is any individual or…

Homelessness is an issue that goes back as far as the 1640s. The County of Los Angeles has been trying to combat the issues of homelessness for decades. The total estimated number of people experiencing homelessness in “Los Angeles County” according to the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) is “46,874, an overall increase of 2,515 people or 5.7% from 2015 (44,359)” LAHSA.ORG (2016). Although many programs have been developed over the years, the numbers continue to increase for…

Conclusion: The causes of homelessness and its effects are complex and intertwined, and inevitably there are no simple solutions. It’s not just about buildings and beds; it’s about the things that go wrong in people’s lives: health, income, families etc. And these things can go wrong for anyone, especially these days Homelessness poses as one of the social crisis on the rise in the 21st century to an extent that homelessness can no longer be just confined to those people living in the streets.…

controversy”. According to the McKinney Act “Homelessness is a person without permanent housing who may live in the streets, shelter, or any unstable situations” (Schift, 2003). Homelessness impacts the whole society, not just the afflicted community, because resources are extracted from the entire society to manage the homelessness population. The publics tax money is used to pay for services that helps the homeless population, making homelessness not just a problem for the individuals, but a…

Homelessness and Poverty Homelessness is defined the unavailability of a fixed and regular night time living place. There is no definite definition of homelessness. Homelessness lies somewhere between having no specific place of residence, roofless houses and residence in bad housing setting (Bhugra). According to the stipulations of the millennium development goals, a person is considered poor if they live below $1 per day (Abdulai and Shamshiry). However, the lack of a permanent place of…

consists of an abusive relationship, low income housing; only a high school education and no job skills she is at higher risk to becoming homeless. All of these things can lead to depression and other illnesses and eventually can help lead to homelessness. If a woman lives in such an environment, it more than likely can lead to a variety of negative private issues including…

Every day in states across the Australia, homeless women, men and children walk the streets, often begging for money, carrying plastic bags or pushing shopping carts filled with what little personal possessions they own. It is hard to comprehend that in a country as affluent as Australia there is such a large amount of people in the community who do not have homes. But over the last couple of decade’s homelessness and poverty has become a serious issue in recent years due to the increase in…