To an unhoused individual, Penn Station offered all the basic amenities that are necessary for survival. Penn Station was a place where the homeless could find free food, a place to sleep, a place to make money, a shelter from the weather, and a place where transportation lines converged (Duneier 1999: 143-144). These qualities made it a sustaining habitat. It was important that this habitat was located in a heavily populated area because the unhoused individuals relied on people to donate money and buy items from them. Duneier states that, “each day… two hundred thousand commuters made intensive use of a single space” (Duneier 1999: 123).
The most shocking of all to me was to find out that veterans of the armed forces (like myself), make up some of 23 percent of the homeless population. (The Urban Institute Press, 2001) Before talking with this man who was a Vietnam veteran I thought homeless people were lazy and didn’t try hard enough in life to maintain a simple lifestyle. I asked myself, how can someone become homeless if all the right things are being done to avoid this situation? This Vietnam veteran spoke of all his war stories, what countries he had seen and how much he had wished he was still in the armed forces. To hear how proud this man sounded when he spoke of his accomplishments would make one think he was a hero.
Ten percent of the repair work done in 2008 was done by U.S. affiliates. The U.S. government created a program called the Neighborhood Stabilization program which was to stabilize vacant houses and made money available to reconstruct houses and help families who had low income (annual report, 2009). Habitat for Humanity is also focusing on a home exterior preservation program that will provide repairs for weatherization, painting and landscaping to the disabled and elderly. They hope to improve the look of the entire neighborhood while offering volunteers an opportunity to make a difference in their community. Decisions are always among
Dr. Kitty Smith spoke about the existing local population that has no permanent shelter whatsoever and is completely homeless. Dr. Smith is Executive Director of HOPE Community Services, a non-profit, community action agency that offers services to seniors and low-income families in the area. She discussed her own attempts to find out how many homeless people are in the Southside area. Although there are not many obviously homeless people on the streets, she said that local law enforcement confirmed that there are homeless "colonies" in the area, living in the woods and abandoned vehicles. According to Dr. Smith, as long as these individuals don't cause trouble, the police leave them alone.
Wendy chose to be homeless, but she does not portray the life of a typical homeless person. It is not obvious that she does not have a home because, even though she is considered to be homeless, she handles her homelessness in a responsible way. She does not beg for money, in fact, she has her own money saved up to use responsibly. She takes care of her hygiene and bathes in a Shell gas station bathroom daily. She also does not literally sleep on the streets like the gutter punks.
Homelessness is not a problem you see a lot of or hear too much about in the Canada. But it exists, there really are people living here without a proper place to call home, they just don’t brag about it. They are humble and some are ashamed and most remain out of sight, living in the back alleys, bushes, campgrounds and parking lots that surround the living accommodations so many in the area are lucky enough to call home. Maybe, before a more noticeable number of people in Canada find themselves living in poverty or without a home, we could do something about it. Housing costs are absolutely outrageous in Canada, and in the big cities is even worse, while the rest of the region is not doing much better, teetering precariously towards un-affordable.
Community management has an obvious benefits for dealing with youth homelessness as can be seen i in Canada. The community can manage and supervise families effectively. The family is a small group. The community is made up of families, narrowing the range means families can get more attention; it is easy to find and solve problems. For example, one community staff could focus on three to five families; he has enough energy to get more information from those families and solve the problems in time.
In this way, we will given all of the homeless a place to live and have fed them. This will keep them out of our cities and help them to be productive in society and assist in keeping the environment healthy. This isn’t inhumane. Homeless individuals are less than human because they don't pay taxes and they don't work and if they were honestly capable of being like the rest of us, then why aren't they off the streets already? Why would anyone want to show compassion to someone who has nothing?
Assisted Suicide Assisted Suicide Ethics is defined as a “systematic study of and reflection on morality.” Analyzing ethical issues in a systematic way brings us to utilize the six-step process to illustrate the critical thinking process. I read the article ‘Judge Lifts Assisted-suicide Ban’ from the Portland Press Herald (Portland Press, 2012) that discusses an issue in British Columbia legalizing the right to assisted suicides. This is a curious matter in health care, especially as a future nurse who has been taught to advocate for my patients. Countries are continuously fighting the issue of assisted suicide as their population ages. In Canada it has been illegal to “counsel, aid or abet a suicide” (Portland Press, 2012) with a maximum sentencing of 14 years.
And it exposes all those "troop supporters" who always vote against social programs that would help these veterans. Tonight there are at least 12,700 Iraq/Afghanistan veterans homeless and sleeping on the street. I've never lent a helping hand to one of the many vets I've seen sleeping on the street. I can't bear to look, and I walk past them very quickly. That's called not "supporting the troops," which, I guess, I don't -- and neither do