Essay On Escaping Homelessness

Escaping Homelessness In the world many people are homeless. Homelessness is when one person or a group of people have no steady place to live. This is known as chronic homelessness. In America, on a given night, approximately 564,708 people are homeless; 15 percent of those homeless are considered chronically homeless. (National Alliance to End Homelessness). While escaping homelessness can be a difficult thing to do, many have found that it is possible to achieve. Things like job loss, education and many other factors can be roadblocks to escaping this, but I still believe that through perseverance and hope you can overcome any obstacle. Difficulties of Escaping
Many of those homeless find it hard to get out of that state. This can easily be seen by the amount of homeless in the population. Difficulties of escaping are large in number: job loss, poverty, educational requirements, housing prices and job payment. Still people have found ways to get out of a homeless or chronically homeless state. Though it was hard, people like Chris Gardner had gone from homeless to rich through his hard work and dedication to give his son a better life
The act of escaping homelessness can be difficult but people have done it before and others can do it now. It is a two way street to get people out of homelessness. First it is societies turn to help. Those who have ample money can give it to those in poverty so they can pay for necessary items. Also giving jobs to those who are homeless will help tremendously. We can build more shelters for people and give more to others instead of being greedy. However it is also on the homeless’ hands as well. People who are homeless should also be looking for jobs if at all possible, and to believe and never give up on getting out of the bad state they are in. Through perseverance, those in troubled spots can get through the tough times no matter the circumstance and escape their situation to a better