According to Coalition for the Homeless‚ in September there were 61‚931 homeless people in New York City just sleeping in the New York municipal shelter system‚ and not counting the people out on the streets. So when I had a chance to visit New York City‚ I saw a homeless person almost every corner I turned on the streets. Most of them were sitting in their dirty clothes‚ holding up a cardboard sign reading‚ “Need Help.” This shook me up immensely time. Just by looking into each set of eyes‚ surrounded
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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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Imagine yourself losing your family on a street filled with strangers and homeless people all around you. What would you do and how would you feel? On 12/33/2017 my family‚ cousins and I went to Hollywood because my older cousins really wanted to see the stars that had names of famous people. On our way to Hollywood‚ it took us at least one hour and a half to get there because of traffic and the house we rented was an hour away. I asked my mother when we would arrive‚ because half an hour took forever
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After the aforementioned incident‚ Mr. Rhodes said he started to ask Dave questions about what it was like to be homeless and how he was treated. This is when Mr. Rhodes found out that this type of treatment was very typical of the law enforcement in Fresno. In fact‚ it sadly gets much worse. The homeless are constantly forced out of the city and have their belongings throw in the trash compactor. He sought after help from other activists in the community who had a better understanding of the community
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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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Katiya Mountcastle February 14‚ 2012 Criminal Justice Frank Plunkett HATE CRIMES AGAINST THE HOMELESS In the past twelve years (1999-2010)‚ the National Coalition for the Homeless (NCH) has documented one thousand‚ one hundred eighty-four acts of violence against homeless individuals by housed perpetrators. These crimes are believed to be motivated by the perpetrators’ bias against homeless individuals or their ability to target homeless people with relative ease. The documented violence
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HOMELESSNESS DEFINITION Homelessness describes the condition of people without a regular dwelling. People who are homeless are unable or unwilling to acquire and maintain regular‚ safe‚ and adequate housing‚ or lack "fixed‚ regular‚ and adequate night-time residence. The legal definition of "homeless" varies from country to country‚ or among different entities or institutions in the same country or region. The term homeless may also include people whose primary night-time residence is in
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In Homelessness Can Require Complex Solution by Kevin Corinth‚ talks about how there are many reasons for someone to end up homelessness other than not having a permanent home. Some reasons he points out are that some suffer from mental healthy‚ abuse drugs‚ and do not have enough money to pay the rent. He stresses that we need to focus on their mental health‚ abusing drugs and rent‚ in order to truly help someone get out of being homeless. He believes that the Housing First philosophy makes us think
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March 16‚ 2013 Final Paper INTRODUCTION Over the last few decades homelessness has become an increasingly visible problem within the United States. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development‚ we are now experiencing a period when extremely low-income housing needs are at an all-time high. While some communities are beginning to see reductions in chronic homelessness‚ in many communities family homelessness is exploding‚ and families with children are the fastest growing segment
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Diverse Family Structures There are many situations that are included in the description of what a diverse family structure represents‚ and homelessness is one revelation. After watching the video of Mr. Keiley‚ the teacher from the Monarch School‚ I reflected on his comments regarding teaching and homelessness and found that I did not share his beliefs about if the child’s parents are struggling then the children will struggle as well. As the classroom teacher I would not assume that the child’s
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