Homelessness has been an issue in ever era of American history. In modern day the federal government‚ state governments and individuals are trying to lower the homeless rate but they can only do so much. BBC’s article‚ "Los Angeles: $100m plan to tackle homeless ’emergency’." demonstrates some of the leading causes of homelessness and how they are trying to create a plan to lower the rate drastically. Los Angeles has official declared that its growing number of the homeless population is an emergency;
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long suggested that homelessness and substance abuse are in some way connected in a lot of cases. While this point has not been debated‚ the issue has become which has occurred first‚ the substance abuse or the homelessness. Has the loss of a home drove people to abuse substances or have people’s illicit substance abuse led to misappropriation of funds and ultimately foreclosure and homelessness. The debate has raged on about whether the substance abuse is a cause for homelessness or a consequence
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Homelessness the Problems of America Homelessness has always been a problem in major cities across the United States and even the world. This problem also affects out local community and even all of us individually. (Daily) A majority of the American people lives paycheck to paycheck‚ and according to statistics‚ we are only one or two paychecks away from becoming homeless. While there are many reasons a person or family can become homeless‚ a majority of those problems come from a lack of
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the social issue of homelessness‚ mainly because I was part of this population a decade ago. Applied Survey Research defines homelessness in part as‚ “An individual who lacks a fixed‚ regular‚ and adequate nighttime residence…” The sad fact is that there are not enough resources to adequately shelter America’s most vulnerable citizens. Many cities have passed ordinances that have criminalized homelessness. These so called quality of life ordinances are meant to protect the society at large. Homeless
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Lacking a fixed income‚ adequate nighttime residence‚ and access to food is an aspect that is considered when determining whether or not an individual or family are in poverty. Society has created a standard of poverty or that the family is a low-income family‚ which low income is . “Poor” is the term that our society uses to describe an individual or family that lacks not only material assets and health but also capabilities‚ such as social belonging‚ respect‚and dignity. Homeless shelters and
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problems on any given basis. Homelessness‚ abuse‚ immigrations‚ addictions‚ disabilities‚ mental illness‚ incarceration‚ and also veteran transitions are just a few. Sometimes the things that we are faced with throughout our lives is too tough of a load to carry. That is when a human service professional can come into place. They help the client with situations that may be too over bearing or with situations clients may not have any control of. Homelessness affects more than 3.5 million people
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There is a degree to which individual factors play the most decisive role in contributing to homelessness; however‚ there is a main structural factor that contributes to homelessness and it is the economy. Even though capitalist love part-time workers‚ they are creating a risk for them to become homeless. Those who work part time have to work twice as hard as a full time worker to make ends meet and in some cases fall behind on their bills in order to have their basic needs met. However‚ what is
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Period 4 Homelessness In The World “Home‚ Sweet‚ Home” or “There is nothing like a good home-cooked meal.” 100 million people are unable to say things like these due to homelessness. The comfort of a bed and having a place to your own are taking for granted by many people. There are many people that unfortunate to having these necessities of living. The reasons for homelessness are many‚ but there are also several of different solutions to end
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For class this week we went over wealth‚ poverty‚ and capitals. We saw two videos on how it affected people and how managed to get by. Also we learned that the less stressed you are in your working environment the longer you will live. As well as the life expectancy of different neighborhoods based on their incomes. The other video we saw was about a plant relocating and how the workers of the plant tried to get by after they got laid off. In sickness and in wealth was an hour long video on how
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their own self-interest. Compared to the altruism view‚ which is that the direct desire to benefit others for their own sake without any ulterior motives. In this Argument it is basically stating that everything someone does is for ones self interest. There are plenty of arguments against psychological
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