Research shows that the lack of affordable housing is the primary cause of homelessness‚ where over 5 million homes have already been foreclosed since 2008. The growing gap between wage earnings and the high cost of housing in the United States has left millions unable to make ends meet‚ increasing the number of people who are now homeless due to foreclosures. According to the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) an estimated 12 million renter and homeowner households spend more
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For example‚ Odell and Commander identify some risk factors for homelessness among people with psychotic disorders as they recruited them from mental services. According to their research about psychotic disorders‚ the data from interviews and medical records showed High rates of severe mental illness amongst single homeless populations have been consistently reported in the literature. The reasons for this disturbing finding arise‚ at least in part‚ from structural features in our society are
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Competing representations of Youth homelessness: Media Vs. Advocacy Discourses Introduction Youth homelessness in Canada is a paradoxical reality: although the country has the high GDP‚ the large economy and the high consumption rate in the North America and even the whole world‚ there are still a large number of young people who have to face the lack of basic living conditions‚ such as employment and housing. Today‚ youth homelessness‚ which is recognized as a serious social issue in Canada‚ has
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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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doesn’t mean that the United States has the most homelessness in the world‚ it means that it has the most homeless out of all the countries with benefits‚ no wars and the promise of a better life. There are many reasons that the United State as the most homeless in the industrialized world‚ one is the lack of affordable housing‚ education(or a lack thereof)‚ and the lack of mental health treatment for those who need it. One way that homelessness can be solved or shrunken to a manageable size is
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Kelsey Bradley Kendra Gallos English III Honors 6 April 2017 Homelessness Even though most teenagers are told by their parents not to give money to homeless people they see on the street when they are alone and the parents are just stereotyping against homeless people because they are all not like that‚ there is many homeless people out struggling and other people should help them because the most attention homeless people get is around Christmas time and after that people just kick them to the
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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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Why is Homelessness more than just the lack of shelter? Illustrate your answer with specific examples from referenced material. The lack of shelter is not just the meaning of homelessness there is much more. A person who does not have access to a safe housing is normally the known reason of Homelessness. Homelessness causes include physical‚ emotion or sexual abuse‚ family breakdown‚ domestic violence‚ financial problems‚ unemployment‚ mental illness‚ disability‚ drug or alcohol abuse or gambling
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Homelessness is a growing social injustice in the United States. The degradation that these people face every day is terrifying. It is a crisis that we too often ignore‚ hoping it will restore itself. That assumption delivers a widespread lack of understanding about the facts that lead to homelessness. Homelessness exists as a problem that we should acknowledge and treat. Recent data indicate that the average monthly income for people who are homeless is $367‚ less than half the federal poverty
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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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