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    Homelessness in Canada Have you ever been downtown and seen a homeless person sleeping outside on a grate? Have you ever been in the subway and seen a person huddled under a thin‚ raggedy blanket trying to keep warm in the harsh‚ dead of winter? What if that was you? How would you feel? Wouldn’t you want someone to help you? (PAUSE) Today‚ I’m going to be speaking to you about homelessness in Canada. Homelessness is an epidemic that affects people no matter their age‚ gender‚ race or creed in most

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    shelter‚ whatever their household circumstances. Domestic violence is definitely a dominant cause of homelessness for women and their children. Many victims confront homeless when they escape from the abusive homes. Their experience has also been confused by the economic instability‚ often sustained by the abusers. It is arguable that female homelessness is not less common than male homelessness‚ it is

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    It is unfair for us to get whatever we want for Christmas‚ but homeless people don’t get anything at all. The homeless need to feel loved during this holiday season. Many people in society do not pay attention to the problems of homelessness; they do not care about the poor and forgotten. The Spiritans are known for helping the poor and forgotten members of the world. As students in a Spirian school‚ we both want to help the poor and forgotten of the world.

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    Homeless problem in America One of the greatest complications currently concerning America is homelessness. The citizens of America must face a world of global conflict‚ decline in jobs‚ rising costs for education and an increasing amount of poverty‚ making it almost impossible for them to earn a living. Children and adults alike are facing life without a warm home and cooked meals. In the past couple of years‚ the national poverty rate rose to roughly 13.2% of the population. 1 in 7 homeless people

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    roof over my head‚ and an education‚ I was practically handed all I needed to succeed in life. However‚ it was revealed to me that not everyone had been granted such privileges and opportunities to thrive. Although I was aware of the reality of homelessness in the community‚ it was not until my freshman year of high school at Archbishop Hoban that I was able to volunteer with those in need‚ gaining insight into exactly what that meant. My school provided interested students with the unique experience

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    homeless ‚ in addition to older people of both genders who have been unemployed for months and years and have lost their status in society.Displaced disaster victims and refugees may live in tents or temporary shelters with minimal subsistence. Though homelessness is an accepted and go urban landscape for city dwellers in public spaces‚ there are many individuals who suffer and go unnoticed. A substantial number of the psychiatrically will live in the outskirts of cities‚ under bridges and even tunnels that

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    Homelessness describes the condition of people without a regular dwelling. People who are homeless are most often unable to acquire and maintain regular‚ safe‚ secure‚ and adequate housing‚ or lack "fixed‚ regular‚ and adequate night-time residence." Causes:  Unavailability of employment opportunities.  Poverty‚ caused by many factors including unemployment and underemployment.  Lack of accessible healthcare. People who have some kind of chronic and weakening disease but cannot get healthcare

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    being children‚ which makes them three times more likely to have severe health problems (cite). In talking about homelessness and children‚ I decided to talk about the Kimberly family. Kimberly‚ who lived on the streets from age seven to multiple trailers/homes and back to the streets has terminal cancer with only four months to live (cite). I choose the Kimberly family because her homelessness began since childhood due to parental situations and even though owning a home before she still ends up back

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    How does one become Homeless? The research topic I chose to write about is homeless individuals in Denver. Homelessness has become a problem in Denver‚ Colorado. Many families and youth are becoming homeless because of job layoffs‚ housing costs‚ and financial troubles. Additionally‚ the change of the housing market in Denver has escalated more than any other time; so many people have become homeless. These homeless individuals are forced to stay on the sidewalks of Denver and carry their belongings

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    in their position? Today I will be talking about the stereotypes that are put on the homeless and how wrong those stereotypes actually are. My argument will include the average age and gender of the homeless in Australia‚ the countless causes of homelessness‚ and the responsibility we have as a community and a country to ensure that in our future anyone who is hit with bad times isn’t cast straight onto the streets. I’m sure that if asked to describe the average homeless person you would all agree

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