Argumentative Essay On Homelessness

What is usually seen once entering urban or even suburban communities? Yes, there are traffic lights, parks, and shops. But, there is one apparent aspect of these locations. Have you noticed that at these places there are homeless people either asking for spare change or sleeping? “A homeless person is an individual without permanent housing who may live on the streets; stay in a shelter, mission, single room occupancy facilities, abandoned building or vehicle; or in any other unstable or non-permanent situation” (42 U.S.C., Sec. 330. 2014.). Homelessness, including temporary, touches everyone: youth, people with higher education, people with occupations, and people with families. Homelessness began to be a problem in the later half of the twentieth century. In the seventeenth century, people believed that homelessness only happened to people as punishment by God, and they needed to prove their “worth”, or in the modern language, work hard toward the pursuit of the American Dream. And for those who cannot, had no other
According to a study by HUD, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, permanent supportive housing is a proven, effective way of restoring the chronically homeless and the physically and/or mentally disabled homeless back into society by providing basic housing and health support. In another study conducted in Seattle, it shows that homeless alcoholics provided permanent affordable housing showed a 33% decline in alcohol abuse, children who live in permanent homes do much better in school. Health seems to universally improve with permanent affordable housing. As a result, permanent homes are more than a shelter to the lives of the