How to improve Homelessness Introduction Homelessness is not new to our nation‚ and it has greatly increased over the past ten years. (Baum‚ 1-4) For growing numbers of people‚ work provides little‚ if any‚ protection against homelessness. Low national un-employment levels do not mean that all working people are well-off. (Baum‚ 21-24) What is homelessness? According to the definition stated by Stewart B. McKinney‚ for purposes of the 1987 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act‚ "a homeless person
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Homelessness Name GEN 499 General Education Capstone Instructor September 8‚ 2012 Homelessness Homelessness is an epidemic that is growing at a rapid pace. Throughout history‚ homelessness has been a significantly issue but it is now becoming more common. Currently‚ many people of all ages are experiencing homelessness as the poverty rate is increasing significantly. This paper will describe this issue while focusing on the root causes of homelessness. It will include a literature
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Homelessness Defined (Re)Defining Homelessness – A Synthesis of Thoughts Homelessness is a temporary condition that people fall into when they cannot afford to pay for a place to live‚ or when their current home is unsafe or unstable. Other factors‚ such as job loss‚ physical and mental disability‚ various hardships—including personal‚ and drug addiction can accelerate people’s slide into poverty‚ and for some‚ eventual homelessness‚ especially in the absence of proper social services. The lack
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‘Social science and medicine’‚ Pathways to youth homelessness‚ vol. 62‚ issue 1‚ p.1-12‚ viewed on 29 July 2013‚ This journal article investigates and discusses the factors that cause youth homelessness in Australia. The research participants were recruited from four homeless youth services run by organization in New South Wales. Those who defined as youth are between 14 and 25 years. The research results that there were five pathways to homelessness. The first factor is a psychological disorder
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English 098 Paper #1 February 19‚2014 Homelessness in Philadelphia Homelessness in Philadelphia is growing as each year passes‚ research proves that most people are homeless due to mental illness‚ drug and lack of income. In order to over come homelessness the government needs to issue out more resources to aid the homeless. Serious mental illness disrupts people ability to carry out the essential aspects of daily life‚ such as self care and household management‚ even
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The issue of homelessness is not new in the US. The number of homelessness is drastically increasing a lot. As the number of homelessness is increasing why people are still not well aware to resolve the problem that has been occurring lately. Regardless of some circumstances and reasons of being homelessness‚ one has to give right to the homelessness people who want to get out of poverty line and want to live a prosperous life like everyone. S. Williams and T. Stickley (434) hypothesized that homeless
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Tabitha Haney Robles English 3 3-11-14 The issue of homelessness in modern times is people act like they don’t care. They walk or drive by and do not think about how they live or how it is without money‚ food‚ a home‚ or family who don’t care about them because they are poor. People should care a little more and think “What if that was me?”. To understand homelessness‚ one must examine the issues that lead to these bad outcomes. Kids become homeless for a variety of reasons which
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Did you know domestic violence is the main source of family homelessness? There are approximately 113‚000 people who are homeless in California. Domestic violence causes homelessness by driving the women and their children out of their homes into the streets by becoming victims of physical abuse by their parent or parent’s spouse. Part of homelessness is being caused by domestic violence‚ it would be solved by getting more funds for the Stanislaus Family Justice Center and for the Women’s Haven Center
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Top of Form Bottom of Form Your power point presentation was very interesting‚ and I enjoyed how you connected past events to the current events surrounding homelessness. I believe that people in society have become accustomed to seeing homeless people residing on the streets; therefore‚ society have become less responsive in helping the homeless and displaced because it is an ongoing social problem that does not directly affect one’s life. In addition‚ I believe that people in society do not
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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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