Satire On Homelessness

Today, you could attest to saying that times have been rough here in America. With an increase in gas and food prices, due to two major hurricanes (Hurricane Harvey in Houston, Texas and Hurricane Irma in the State of Florida), the unemployment rate is still at a steady rise, and family’s homes are still being foreclosed. It is particular hard to say that homelessness is decreasing. Although the resulting numbers from the 2008 National Count of homelessness that is done every year in January, showed that there was a 12% decrease in homeless people on the streets and shelters from 2005-2007 and a 30% decrease in chronic homelessness in 2005. The moral controversy of this issue is to ask, what can we do to physical decrease the number of people on the streets and in …show more content…
The Housing and Urban Development (HUD), has a budget of $1.5 billion dollar a year, but says it is not enough funding to do exactly what needs to be done, and that is having enough housing to put the remaining people on the streets, who I believe deserve to be in a place to stay warm and enjoy a hot meal. When we are going through a tough time, we tend to want to figure things out on our own, but there comes a time where you can no longer go through this journey alone. This moral controversy is important to those affected because, nobody wants to live on the streets or move from shelter to shelter for the rest of their lives. At the end of the day we are all humans. Homeless people should not be treated less than or feel like they are disconnected from society. They have a right to assistance in where they cannot help themselves, but they cannot get help if the proper and the correct help is not available. I believe, if HUD plans and spends the money from their yearly budget wisely, the proper funding can go towards providing more