Dan Murray teacher English 112 April 9th 2011 We Should Not Discriminate the Homeless Many Americans live just a few paychecks away from homelessness. Being so it seems that most would have certain sympathy toward homeless people. However, it’s quite the opposite. Even as people see those around them, people they were once friends with, become homeless, the fears and hatred remain. Some people fear and hate homeless people so much that even if they know the people, such as when their sibling becomes homeless, they apply those same hatreds and fears to the people who cared for them.
Anyone can be vulnerable at any given point in time as a result of life circumstances or response to illness or events “ (de Chesnay & Anderson, 2008, p. 3). What barriers may prevent these groups from obtaining needed services? Barriers such as poor economy, mental illness, physical illness/limitations, and addiction problems prevent vulnerable populations from obtaining needed services. Some veterans are homeless because they must wait a long time to receive their disability benefits, and they cannot work, leading them with no money and no homes after returning from war. Many veterans may become drug abusers and decide no to go back to their families while struggling with this problem, finding themselves on the streets.
Homelessness is an issue that affects the individuals suffering from the social issues and society. Homelessness creates additional problems such as poor nutrition, illness, crime, and other social issues. Shelters, food pantries, and other organizations offer assistance to assist homeless individuals and prevent further issues. The numbers of homelessness continue to grow, identifying the need for more programs and assistance to prevent growth and lower the current homeless population. Assisting the Homeless Advocacy can refer to influencing decisions that affect the interest or welfare in an individual or group (Barksy, 2007).
Many homeless individuals are families with children. Some homeless families thrust into becoming homeless because of an event in life that may be unexpected or unplanned. Becoming homeless may also be caused by a disastrous life occurrence, like the loss of a job, a treasured one, domestic violence, family disputes, and divorce. Also impairments like untreated illnesses like, depression, post traumatic stress disorder, mental and physical disabilities also are a cause of homelessness (Texas Department of State and Health Services, 2010). "Chronic" homelessness is frequently the public face of homelessness.
Most homeless people have come from troubled backgrounds such as abusive family relationships, lack of support, loss of income and many other reasons which have forced them to be become homeless. Becoming homeless has thus lead to them losing their identity in the community and being placed under the stigma of being alcoholics and drug addicts. This lack of identity can be seen in the novel when Link states “You can call me Link” and when he refers to his parents as “Mr and Mrs X”. By making the main characters nameless, and using pseudonyms instead, it reinforces the lack of care society has for homeless people and shows that no one knows who they are and no one cares. Isolation is an extremely harsh and demoralising experience to live through.
1. What is a alcohol monitoring program? Many people unfortunately find themselves ending up the criminal justice system because they have committed a crime while they were intoxicated. They find themselves in jail and/or prison or on probation struggling with their alcohol issues. If offenders are not properly monitored for alcohol consumption while on probation and not receive the treatment they need, they often end up reoffending and ending right back in the system.
Structural factors: Our infrastructure has not succeeded in supporting the most susceptible in our society. Among structural factors the major cause of homelessness is high housing costs and lack of affordable housing. Other causes are increased poverty, rising unemployment, social exclusion, and harmful effects of de-institutionalization. Individual factors: Among individual factors, homelessness is commonly caused by a crisis in one’s life. This crisis could be leaving the parental home after arguments, marital or relationship breakdown, widowhood, leaving care, Leaving prison, a sharp deterioration of mental health, increased drug or alcohol misuse, a financial crisis or mounting debts or Eviction.
ARGUMENTATION-PERSUAISON ESSAY “HOMELESS IN AMERICA” CHRIS RIECH SOUTH UNIVERSITY ONLINE “HOMELESS IN AMERICA” The reason people are homeless in America today is due to the lack of support from out government. Economic problems such as being laid off work or the rise in the cost of housing have lead people to live on the streets. They have no family to help them and they are left with no other choice. People with mental illnesses and addictions also become homeless quite often. A lack of affordable housing has contributed to homelessness.
Families are experiencing traumatic events that cause homelessness. Divorce, cost of living, sickness, drug addiction, PTSD in war victims and mental disabilities are the leading causes of being homeless. Unfortunately in these days and times an everyday occurrence to poor people can cause homelessness. Debilitating illnesses or death can cause people to lose their homes as well. Hurricane Katrina had a major effect on people’s lives; there were thousands of families that lost their homes to that devastating natural cause.
It is very difficult to define clearly homelessness and find out exactly the number of homeless people in America. This research paper is just going to discuss who is homeless, the reasons why people become homeless and how to solve this problem. Homeless people in this research paper may be whole families, men or women, those who have job or no job, children, the elderly, the mentally disabled, veterans, victims of domestic violence, and people with HIV. Who are homeless? Homeless people are poor people.