Homelessness in the America 5/16/2013 Many factors can contribute to a person becoming homeless. A shortage of affordable housing can lead to homelessness. A simultaneous increase in poverty or not having an income can make a person become homeless. These are two large trends which happen to be responsible for the rise in homelessness in America over the past 20-25 years. People who have served time in prison‚ have abused drugs and alcohol‚ or have a history of mental illness find it difficult
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and seen a homeless with a sign that reads "Homeless. Will work for food. God Bless"? If you have‚ then you know that homelessness is a big problem. It’s impossible to go anywhere in the city without being confronted by strangers begging for money or food and other people living in exile. Even outside urban communities‚ this has become a common sight at busy intersections and freeway off-ramps. I’m not trying to say homelessness is a newly emerging problem in our society. I’m sure homeless people have
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streets of vast cities of United States. Less attention are shown to those who are homeless‚ people focus more on bigger issues when this is a major problem that has occurred for years. Statistics shows that 1.6 million youth run away from home each year between the ages of 12 and 17. The predominant race for runaways is White non-Hispanic (57%)‚ Black non-Hispanic (17%)‚ Hispanic (15%)‚ and Other (11%) follow (Blaha). Homeless children most likely leave their original homes because of the way of life and
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homelessness in America is growing dramatically. It’s a problem that can strike anyone when you least expect it. Therefore you should address this as a major crisis that affects our society. I feel as Americans we should come together to create solutions to end a growing epidemic of homeless people. Statistics show people living in poverty are most at risk of becoming homeless. Economically they are at a higher risk of losing what little they already have. The number of homeless families with
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Justin Siersma A29851780 SW 200 4/21/2005 Homeless Children in America To be homeless is to not have a home or a permanent place of residence. Nationwide‚ there is estimated to be 3.5 million people that are homeless‚ and roughly 1.35 million of them are children. It is shown that homeless rates‚ which are the number of sheltered beds in a city divided by the cities population‚ have tripled since the 1980 ’s (National Coalition for Homeless‚ 2002). Worldwide‚ it is estimated that 100 million
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Raquel Tejeda Mr. Francev Homeless Women in America Imagine not having all the luxuries that embellish one’s life. All the things that make someone happy can be a mere memory in an instant. It is a reality that many women are becoming homeless at an alarming rate. Many for the reason that one parent works and the other stay home. The husband comes home with no money to provide nor give to his children because he rather spend it on beer or on drugs and not even have a thought that he has
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Homeless Epidemic In America Being homeless is the biggest epidemic in modern day America next to health care. As the numbers climb the local and federal governments have no answers as to why. As 407‚966 people are homeless the local cities need a answer to this problem. With the homeless drug addicts roaming the streets and committing crimes. Also with them bringing down the looks of the local neighborhoods we need to build a bigger homeless shelter for this people to be able to go. That is
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etc.‚ and came to America since it is perceived as the land of economic opportunity. But why are so many Americans suffering in the land of opportunity? Nonetheless‚ the 2012 Census indicate that poverty levels have remained persistently high at 15 percent. Nearly 48 million Americans find themselves on the food stamp rolls‚ and the numbers have been on an upward trajectory (Ciarcia‚ 2013). Likewise‚ more than 3.5 million people experience homelessness each year. 35% of the homeless population are families
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like making these people choose between the lesser of two evils. Yes‚ most of the refugees will be on welfare‚ and yes‚ the number of homeless refugees will not be many‚ but the ones that do end up adding to the homeless population of the United States will end up being economic drags as well as moral burdens to the country. If America cannot take care of its homeless veterans‚ then it is evident that it is not economically stable enough to properly take care of these
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think of poverty in America what is the image that comes to mind? An old dilapidated shack in southern Alabama? or a rat infested tenement house in New York City? According to the book Faces of Poverty‚ the author‚ Jill Berrick says that "Both images are correct‚ for poverty exists in the backwoods of Appalachia as well as in the heart of the inner city" (1). In homes across America poor parents are raising poor children. Even in our own back
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