Causes and Effects of Homelessness Tera Penrod Purpose: To help people understand homelessness. Audience: Readers interested in learning about some causes of homelessness and some effects it has. Homelessness is living without a home‚ be it on the streets or in shelters. There are many causes for people becoming homeless‚ and the combination of factors that lead to homelessness are different for every individual. Some of the factors that contribute to homelessness for youth‚ single adults
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Alliance to end homelessness reported that 651‚859 people in the United States were homeless in 2007 and of that amount 5‚320 where residents of the District of Columbia. Decreasing the number of homeless in our society will decrease the number of shelters and the illnesses that occur when being homeless; having no home or shelter is a major societal issue that needs to be resolved in order to make society better. Homelessness is a societal issue that is a result of three causes: a catastrophe‚ mental
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about our homeless. Homelessness is an increasing issue in Today’s society. The number of homelessness is growing at a startling rate. And more and more individuals are facing homelessness every day. We all have our own opinions‚ and statements regarding the homeless be it “avoiding eye contact‚ to just keep walking‚ or just ignore them.” and that makes us think that they will all just go away. The distorted view of the public regarding the cause and effects of homelessness had lead to dehumanization
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The truth about the Homelessness In cities and towns across the United States ‚people experience homelessness every day. Many see homeless people on the streets ‚but walk past the homeless as if they were invisible. It is a problem Americans have become used to seeing. However‚ it is a problem that is not going away and one that affects thousands of people each year. The definition of homeless can vary depending on your region or culture.Here in America it is defined as a person without a home‚ and
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2009. Homelessness is becoming a big problem worldwide. There are many situations that can be caused by others around us or by nature. Many people cannot afford to pay rent for their homes and are kicked out on the streets as a result. Others are forced out of the homes because of disasters cause nature. Some people are even kicked out of their homes because of drug addictions. People become homeless because of drug addictions‚ natural disasters‚ and financial problems. The first cause of homelessness
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Homelessness in Australia can be defined in three categories; ‘Primary homelessness’ which is experienced by people without conventional accommodation‚ ‘Secondary homelessness’ is experienced by people who frequently move from one temporary shelter to another and ‘Tertiary homelessness’ which is experienced by people staying in accommodation that falls below minimum community standards. The first stimuli picture shows a person who is living though primary homelessness‚ living on the
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Megann Schmidt I chose to do my reflection over the “The Causes of Homelessness” speech video‚ and overall‚ I would say the speaker did an excellent job presenting the topic with only a few noticeable flaws here and there. Beginning with the environment‚ I would say that the speaker used the best possible visual aids for his area. To me it looked like he was almost in a lecture hall‚ so the use of powerpoint slides was great because everyone was probably able to see them. However‚ he could have
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Causes of Homelessness Bentley Martin BSHS/302 July 16‚ 2011 Joey Schumacher Causes of Homelessness There are many factors that lead to poverty and homelessness. People often jump to conclusions and form stereotypes to look down upon those who are poor. Stereotypes include poor people who are viewed as lazy‚ jobless‚ criminals‚ or un-educated. When I think of a homeless individual‚ I would agree with most of the stereotypes and find within the reading and researching that there is more to
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First we must define homelessness‚ now this word means different things to different people. Even the National Health Care for the Homeless Council states that there is more than one “official’ definition. One of the first definitions they have for homelessness is: A homeless individual is defined as an individual who lacks housing (without regard to whether the individual is a member of a family)‚ including an individual whose primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private
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Homelessness emerged as a national issue in the 1870s. Many homeless people lived in emerging urban cities‚ such as New York City. Into the 20th Century‚ the Great Depression of the 1930s caused a devastating epidemic of poverty‚ hunger‚ and homelessness. There were two million homeless people migrating across the United States. In the 1970s‚ the de-institutionalization of patients from state psychiatric hospitals was a precipitating factor which seeded the homeless population. The resin in homelessness
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