The Causes of Homelessness in the U.S Nawaf Saif Almoeini Alex Westbrook University Preparatory Program January 16th‚ 2015 “In 2010‚ … the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness issued a comprehensive plan to eradicate homelessness for all people through interagency collaboration and aligning mainstream services. A key goal is to prevent and end homelessness for all families‚ youth‚ and children within 10 years” (Bassuk‚ 2010‚ P.496). Homelessness is a situation that a person
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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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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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America currently obtains more than 500‚000 people living on the streets. Homelessness is a rising issue that is continuing at full speed. Everyday more people are forced to the streets with no other options. The main cause of homelessness is loss of income‚ divorce or breakups in a home‚ and traumatic incidents in a person’s life‚ these factors can push people out onto the streets and damage their mental and physical health. Loss of income in a home can produce multiple problems within a household
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Causes of homelessness in the United States Homelessness is one of the biggest issues that people face in many counties. The United States faces many homelessness issues. Homelessness issues create many social‚ economical and security problems which should be dealt with very seriously by the government and the society as well to ensure the well being of all people in the society. Homeless issues differ from a city to another based on the typist of people and opportunities of each city. But
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as one of the top problems. In America today there’s more than 46.7 million people living in poverty. One major effect of poverty is homelessness. “According to Homeaid America‚ as many as 3.5 Americans are homeless. Of these‚ more than 1 million children and on any given night‚ more 300‚000 children are homeless”(“Homeaid 4). There are many causes of homelessness: lost of family member‚ domestic violence‚ splits between spouses. “Other impairments‚ such as depression‚ untreated mental illness‚ post
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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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Task 3- Homelessness in Australia Step 1- Within Australia 10‚000 children are homeless under 24. Domestic and family violence is the largest cause of this problem‚ homelessness can affect anyone we love or don’t even know. This could have been prevented for some if others would find compassion and generosity to give the homeless Australians a new start. It can be observed that homelessness is a big problem in Australia that needs to be fixed so that everyone can have equal opportunities. Personally
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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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States Conference of Mayors "Hunger and Homelessness Survey" reports that approximately 26% of the homeless population is dealing with issues of substance abuse (Addiction‚ 2006). Another study shows that 38% have an addiction with alcohol and 26% reports problems with other drugs (National Care for the Homeless Council‚ 2007). This is not to say that all people with addictions will become homeless‚ just that it is one of the leading causes of homelessness. Among surveyed homeless people‚ 39% have
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