The poverty in Annawadi is inescapable and overly consuming. It influences every single part of the slum’s peoples’ lives and their stories. There is no running water, indoor plumbing, relief services, or cleaning services. Resources are scarce and hope is all that its people have to hold onto. Boo writes, “What you don't want is always going to be with you.
The lack of school material, clothes, or even living in terrible conditions can lead to the not reaching their full potential due to the lack of motivation. The government in 2012 released 3.5 billion dollars to The Native American Reservations, which for 350,000 people is equivalent to 1000 dollars (Volz, “$3.4B Indian Lawsuit Ends, Disbursements to Begin”). However, how far might this money go in a struggling household? The insufficient environment that Native Americans live in is nothing like we might find in any cities in the Northwest. The lack of motivation caused by years of not having a job and watching your family suffer in poverty is a condition that not too many of us are familiar with.
Also with a shortage of homes, the waiting lists for social housing have never been longer. There are more than 1.8million households in England on the waiting list for a home – an increase of 81% since 1997. Also, other individuals will be left with no choice but to live in the private rented sector with short-term contracts, unpredictability of poor conditions and high costs. This form of housing is seen to be unsuitable for many families and households, especially those who are vulnerable and in need of a stable, secure
Many immigrants had to deal with poor living and working conditions (OK). Immigrants were paid low wages, so they had to live in tenements (Document 1). Tenements were crowded, unsanitary, and unsafe apartments that were very small (OK). Diseases spread quickly due to the overcrowding (OK). They were unsafe because there were no regulations on how they were built.
Poverty Worldwide, over three billion people live on less than 2.50 USD a day. The poorest 40% of the world gets only 5% of the income. There are 2.2 billion children in the world and 1 billion of them live in poverty. Today, over one billion people live in slums. To be a slum a settlement must have: “Poor structural quality and durability of housing, insufficient living areas (more than three people sharing a room), lack of secure tenure, poor access to water, and lack of sanitation facilities” (“About Slums”).
The change in climate and adverse weather conditions led to less agricultural productivity. The malnutrition led to the lack of antibodies people had in their immune system, therefore may have caused the Europeans to die more quickly. Poor sanitation was a major factor in the cities that led up to the contagious symptoms of the plague. The towns had no running water. Without running water, people didn’t bathe or wash their clothes.
Imagine living in a cardboard box, with nowhere else to go, no food to eat and the rain pouring down hard. This is a horrible way to live. Yet worldwide millions of people are living in these conditions. True, the United States has poverty nationwide, but nothing compared to what is happening in third world countries. In some countries, no middle class exists.
by J East of anywhere," writes a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "often evokes the other side of the tracks. But, for a first-time visitor suddenly deposited on its eerily empty streets, East St. Louis might suggest another world." The city, which is 98 percent black, has no obstetric services, no regular trash collection, and few jobs. Nearly a third of its families live on less than $7,500 a year; 75 percent of its population lives on welfare of some form. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development describes it as "the most distressed small city in America."
Nicholas Bloom, Author of Public Housing that Worked, acknowledges the skepticism of most Americans in saying,“Across the country public housing projects are being demolished at a record pace largely because most Americans believe that public housing has no chance of succeeding.” So why is public housing failing? And what will be done before thousands more Americans are left homeless. Public housing has created reliance on the government, unsafe living conditions, and large concentrations of poverty. Everyday events and common occurrences inside public housing would shock many, due to the high volume of violence. Also shocking is the high prevalence of health issues.
Our landlord is very cruel and charges us as much as he can for the shelter he provides. We live in what some would call “squalor”. Our rent is $1.50 a week for a single small room with no running water, sanitation, aeration, or light. This is very typical for our area¹. Like I said in the beginning, “If I do not live beyond this day…” this is because of the conditions in which we live are so unsanitary, it is a virtual breeding ground for diseases such as cholera.