Homelessness emerged as a national issue in the 1870s. Many homeless people lived in emerging urban cities‚ such as New York City. Into the 20th Century‚ the Great Depression of the 1930s caused a devastating epidemic of poverty‚ hunger‚ and homelessness. There were two million homeless people migrating across the United States. In the 1970s‚ the de-institutionalization of patients from state psychiatric hospitals was a precipitating factor which seeded the homeless population. The resin in homelessness
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America currently obtains more than 500‚000 people living on the streets. Homelessness is a rising issue that is continuing at full speed. Everyday more people are forced to the streets with no other options. The main cause of homelessness is loss of income‚ divorce or breakups in a home‚ and traumatic incidents in a person’s life‚ these factors can push people out onto the streets and damage their mental and physical health. Loss of income in a home can produce multiple problems within a household
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The Causes of Homelessness in the U.S Nawaf Saif Almoeini Alex Westbrook University Preparatory Program January 16th‚ 2015 “In 2010‚ … the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness issued a comprehensive plan to eradicate homelessness for all people through interagency collaboration and aligning mainstream services. A key goal is to prevent and end homelessness for all families‚ youth‚ and children within 10 years” (Bassuk‚ 2010‚ P.496). Homelessness is a situation that a person
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Poverty is ranked as one of the top problems. In America today there’s more than 46.7 million people living in poverty. One major effect of poverty is homelessness. “According to Homeaid America‚ as many as 3.5 Americans are homeless. Of these‚ more than 1 million children and on any given night‚ more 300‚000 children are homeless”(“Homeaid 4). There are many causes of homelessness: lost of family member‚ domestic violence‚ splits between spouses. “Other impairments‚ such as depression‚ untreated mental
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Homelessness has been an issue in ever era of American history. In modern day the federal government‚ state governments and individuals are trying to lower the homeless rate but they can only do so much. BBC’s article‚ "Los Angeles: $100m plan to tackle homeless ’emergency’." demonstrates some of the leading causes of homelessness and how they are trying to create a plan to lower the rate drastically. Los Angeles has official declared that its growing number of the homeless population is an emergency;
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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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A common misconception is that homelessness happens due to a few simple causes. Some of these causes include the inability to find a job or laziness. In reality‚ many people who are a victim of homelessness are unable to find a job due to external problems‚ such as mental illness‚ drug/substance use‚ and abuse. These issues lead to the inability to get help‚ keeping the affected individuals homeless. To illustrate‚ the risk of homelessness for people with schizophrenia and similar illnesses is ten
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LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender) homelessness is individuals who define themselves as LGBT that are living on the streets. These LGBT homeless individuals find themselves homeless for many different reasons. Many of these LGBT homeless individuals face different obstacles with being homeless in their life such as: social stigma‚ discrimination and‚ one that occurs more often than other being rejected by their families. All of these different obstacles lead to mental and physical strains/challenges
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physical effects towards them-self. Homelessness will face a lot and sometimes more than they can handle. Physical effects could lead to severe damages to a person. There are many effects that happened or can happen to a homeless. In 2007 an article named “Effects of homelessness” says that “Homelessness experience some sort of physical effects. Some were losing self esteem‚ loss of ability to take care of oneself‚ increase danger and violence‚ criminal life‚ and behavior problems.” These effects like
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Homelessness Homelessness is a far too familiar occurrence all around the world. Many homeless victims live in urban areas‚ however‚ homeless individuals can be found anywhere. Several people are affected by homelessness‚ and it is not something new. Individuals‚ and entire families can lose their home‚ and the effects can be devastating. There is often physical‚ mental and emotional fallout resulting from being homeless. Inclimate weather poses a large physical threat to people without shelter
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