Homelessness‚ I believe is a serious problem in our society that affects many people. Homeless people can’t control the factors that cause this problem. I believe homelessness is an important issue to all communities‚ but specifically smaller communities‚ because of the lack of support systems. I think that teenagers should be knowledgeable about this important topic because it could in reality affect them in the future. Being the next generation may give them the foresight to their possible destiny
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the ‘deserving’ and ‘undeserving’ poor and regulated people’s access to assistance (Leggatt-Cook & Chamberlain‚ 2015‚ p. 10). Understanding of homeless in contemporary Western societies exist on an ideological continuum‚ which shapes the way people think about the issue. For instance‚ individualist explanations view homelessness as the result of lifestyle choices and personal failings such as drug abuse‚ criminal deviancy or alcoholism. Overemphasis on Individualist explanations could lead to minimal
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Homelessness is a significant social issue. It is a complex issue that places families and individuals at risk for poor long-term outcomes. A factor that greatly impacts this issue is the lack of affordable housing. Though the Housing First policy encourages the rapid rehousing of clients‚ this is hard when there is no housing available for them to secure‚ much less maintain. Though the Housing First policy has made services for the homeless better‚ it can still be improved upon. The current policies
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in San Francisco are currently trying to eradicate poverty by sending homeless individuals to shelters. Close to one million people are traveling to this notorious city as the Super Bowl approaches. The question is if the means of eliminating homelessness in San Francisco is meant for the greater good‚ or if workers in San Francisco are doing this to give Super Bowl visitors the illusion that poverty does not exist in San Francisco. It is clear that San Francisco is only recently making the effort
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LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) homelessness is individuals who define themselves as LGBT that are living on the streets. These LGBT homeless individuals find themselves homeless for many different reasons. Many of these LGBT homeless individuals face different obstacles with being homeless in their life such as: social stigma‚ discrimination and‚ one that occurs more often than other being rejected by their families. All of these different obstacles lead to mental and physical strains/challenges
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Homelessness: Can it be solved? What’s the best solution to solve homelessness? This is the question municipalities and communities are asking when it comes to solving the homeless problem. The homeless have complex mental health‚ addiction‚ and social problems. Because of this‚ there are a lot of creative ways being implemented to combat homelessness and they all take different approaches and vary in effectiveness. One solution that appears to be working in Calgary is an unorthodox model that
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Poverty and Homelessness A gigantic part of the population of the United States is homeless or in poverty. “With the poverty rate at an unacceptable 14.5 percent and economic inequality stuck at historically high levels‚ one might assume that chronic economic insecurity and an off- kilter economy are the “new normal”- that nothing can be done to fix it” (“Top 10 Solutions to Cut Poverty and Grow the Middle Class”). It is unacceptable that 14.5 percent of the economy is in poverty‚ so that means
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Homelessness is a big issue‚ not only in the U.S.‚ but around the world. When it comes to the U.S.‚ I learned that there is not much being done to actually combat the issue of homelessness‚ and the policy that used to serve all homeless people turned into one that focuses more on homeless youth. While the McKinney-Vento Act is mostly of service to homeless youth‚ it still does not help due to the fact that it does not necessarily do what it is supposed to do because those who are in need of it‚ are
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Human Nature: Self-Interest vs. Altruism A debate encompassing human nature has carried on for centuries‚ and philosophers throughout history have provided a vast inventory of explanations they deem to be sufficient in understanding the perplex idea of human nature. A question commonly debated regarding human nature is determining whether human beings are naturally self-interested or altruistic. Political philosophers Bernard Mandeville and Francis Hutcheson specifically addressed this question
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Homelessness in the UK was one of the most prevalent social problems in the 80s and the 90s‚ in the 80s this problem predominantly affected families; however‚ by the 90s it had escalated to individuals who had no dependents and were of working age. Quilgars‚ (1997). Its rise meant that the media and the central government became interested‚ until date; however‚ homelessness is still a problem that London has come to face. In 2015‚ it was estimated that approximately 2‚744 people in the United Kingdom
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