alcohol consumption and to a life on the streets in Vancouver’s downtown eastside. This paper is limited to Canada and its provinces and territories and discusses homelessness‚ offering a demographic profile‚ needs‚ legal jurisdictions and key policies and programs that address the principal needs of the homeless. Defining "Homelessness" in Canada The way a problem is defined has important policy implications: not only can the definition influence the perceived extent of the problem‚
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Homelessness in America Social Program: Public Housing Introduction The issue of homelessness is one that I can relate to all too well. About twenty five years ago I found myself among the homeless. My story is simple‚ I had no formal education and was working a job making minimum wage. I couldn’t keep up with my rent and other living expenses and was finally evicted from my overpriced apartment. At the time I was on a waiting list for public housing for which there was
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One of the major problems that my community suffers from is homelessness‚ which is a condition of people who lack regular access to housing. According to the institute for the study of Homelessness and Poverty at Weingart Center‚ an estimated 254‚000 men‚ women and children experience homelessness in Los Angeles County during some part of the year and approximately 82‚000 people are homeless on any given night‚ and is caused by several factors such as mental illness‚ drug abuse‚ physical or sexual
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ASSIGNMENT SOCIOLOGY EXERCISE 1 PAGE 50 The operational definition concretises the four housing situations of the working definition. In order to define homelessness in an operational way‚ we identified three domains which constitute a home‚ the absence of which can be taken to delineate homelessness. Having a home can be understood as: having an adequate dwelling (or space) over which a person and his/her family can exercise exclusive possession (physical domain); being able to maintain privacy
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a time. However‚ the Cyrus Centre is always running at full capacity. Youth homeless rates in Chilliwack have spiked and became more than double the regional average due to more youth becoming homeless (Les). Without a clear definition of youth homelessness‚ the Chilliwack community is unable to grasp the severity of the increasing issue. By raising awareness about the vague definition‚ Chilliwack citizens would be able to donate to create an additional emergency shelter within our community. A key
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The Housing Choice Voucher Program (HCV) By Brittany Booth Throughout American history‚ the government has struggled to help its citizens in need of food and decent shelter to attain those things. Its constant struggle to house the poor has led to the creation of a department within the federal government devoted entirely to developing policies meant to provide affordable housing for low-income families. This department is known as HUD (U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development). Through
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Homelessness in America According to Streetwise of Street News Services (2010)‚ the first reported instances of homelessness dates as far back as 1640‚ in some of the larger cities in the original 13 colonies. At this time‚ there were wars being fought between settlers and Native Americans‚ and people were left with no shelter in both sides (Street News Service‚ 2010). Later‚ the industrial revolution caused more homelessness‚ industrial accidents left many former hard-working families with a dead
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HOMELESSNESS IN IRELAND What is Homelessness The Housing Act 1988 defines a homeless person as somebody who has no reasonable accommodation to live in or lives in a hospital‚ institution or night shelter because of a lack of home. Human Dignity Issue Shelter is a basic human need‚ yet throughout the word there a people looking for a place to live with dignity. Being homeless is more than just not having a roof over your head – it usually means that a person’s security and belongings needs
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Youth Homelessness What do YOU think it would be like to be homeless? Could you imagine not knowing when you will eat or where you will sleep next? On a realistic level‚ how would you feel not being able to shower and wearing dirty clothes day in and day out not knowing when you will be able to wash them? I think it would be safe to say that the majority of us would agree with the line from John Payne’s poem Home‚ Sweet Home: “Be it ever so humble‚ there is no place like home”. Yet thousands
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The New York State Fair The Great New York State Fair is a great way to end the summer here in upstate New York. The fair takes place in Syracuse‚ NY on 375 acres. The twelve day long festival happens to be the oldest in the country. First held in 1841; however‚ still is a tradition every year today. For a fee of ten dollars and all of the entertainment you can ask for it cannot be beat. The fair includes Midway rides and entertainment‚ agriculture‚ and even concerts that are included in the ten
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