Natural Disasters are another factor in the homelessness problem. The Great Chicago Fire‚ The San Francisco earthquake‚ the massive flooding of the Mississippi in the 1920s from Ohio through New Orleans displaced over 1.3 million people. The Drought of the 30s in Oklahoma and Texas‚ Hurricane Katrina‚ are just a few examples of disasters that affected millions of people’s households. The snowball effect of unemployment and poverty attribute to homelessness. People living in generational poverty‚ for
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Psychology Name College Homelessness in the USA There still exist problem of homelessness in the United States long after the United States Housing Act of 1937 made it clear that the federal government would provide safe‚ decent and affordable housing. It is not that the government has neglected the poorest people in the country. The United States Quality of Housing and Work Responsibility Act of 1998 reveals that the federal government has little role to play in
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Amber Benton Social Welfare 110 December 5‚ 2015 Family Homelessness I. Problem Statement In 2013‚ 2‚483‚539 million children were without a place to call home in the United States -- a historically high rate in this country (Bassuk et al.‚ 2014). Unfortunately this social problem isn?t showing signs of slowing. The number of homeless families is steadily increasing with a shocking eight percent increase from 2012 to 2013 (Bassuk et al.‚ 2014). Even more troubling is the increase in homeless
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Reducing Homelessness in the United States Homelessness is a growing epidemic in the United States. Throughout the years‚ the rate of homeless people on the street has grown substantially high. Homelessness is a serious problem. It has many effects and even more causes. It can effect businesses‚ split up families‚ and also affects the health of others on the street. Having homeless people in the front of a business would discourage customers from shopping in that location. It can make the shopping
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With so many homeless people roaming the streets and begging for money‚ there needs to be a place or way they can make money for shelter. There are roughly 1.56 million homeless people in the United States alone. With the 1.56 million homeless people off the streets‚ we will have cleaner parks‚ streets and public facilities. Yes‚ there are homeless shelters‚ but what if there was another option? What if we went back to 264 BC and followed some of the tradition Roman gladiators lived by. In
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But‚ the definition of homelessness has not be agreed upon‚ McKinney defined it as a person who ‘lacks fixed‚ regular‚ and adequate night-time residence’. In fact many believe that the idea of homelessness is an embarrassment because the United States is such an affluent society. Though this embarrassment can be solved by providing affordable housing because many
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Klinsmen Composition Homelessness in the house (This was my little brother idea for a title) A problem that can’t be fixed‚ homelessness will always be around what we can do is elevate our society of some of the problems that arise with it. For an abele body person there no reason that they should be homeless
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It happens everywhere‚ and you see it everyday. Yet‚ no one really notices or acknowledges that it’s happening. It is all around us everywhere. Downtown on the streets‚ under the bridges and in the parks. It is homelessness. In Canada alone‚ there are 150 000 people who are homeless at this very minute‚ according to the Government of Canada. Yet‚ when everyone thinks of a homeless person‚ they think of someone who lives on the street in a box. But‚ that is not always the
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and should help each other generously; however‚ in my point of view‚ we should help others but not everyone. According to a statistic‚ 564‚708 people were homeless in January 2015 (The State of Homelessness in American 2016). It is shocking to me that there are so many people are suffering homelessness even
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While on the streets‚ English teacher Pamela Lund wore ragged clothing‚ carried an old‚ beat-up sleeping bag‚ and wrapped $2 in a wool sock. Lund isn’t homeless‚ but for three weeks‚ she decided to live as a bag lady on the streets of Washington‚ D.C. to experience what living life as a homeless person is like. “I think if every American spent a week on the streets‚ we wouldn’t have this problem‚” Lund said. “When you think of the homeless situation‚ it boggles the mind. I’m not out to change the
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