Running Head: Homelessness Homelessness Porsha Taylor GE265 Wed Mornings Homelessness Homelessness is extreme poverty in U.S society. My opinion is that our society sees it from a Moral Relativism point, which I believe it shouldn’t be seen from. I identify myself as Moral Pluralism. On any given night in America, anywhere from 700,000 to 2 million people are homeless, according to estimates of the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty. A count in January, 2007, found 745 homeless people in Lucas County, with 200 of those classified as "chronically" homeless, according to HUD data.
Barriers to obtaining services The barriers that the homeless population may prevent them from seeking help or services are many. One is the constant struggle for the homeless to find safer shelters or a place to stay along with finding food to sustain one’s life on a day-to-day basis. The homeless are not concerned with his or her health when his or her primary instinct is to stay alive one-day at a time. So this population tends to put his or her own health needs on the back burner, leaving his or her illness go undetected or injuries not treated, which could lead to further complication. Another barrier is the homeless does not know where to turn to receive the help they need because of lack
Shelter is one of the most basic needs, yet many people lack this necessity. Homelessness in San Francisco has continued to be an issue of concern to government officials and social service providers. In San Francisco, the number of homeless people is estimated to be between 7,000 to 15,000. This estimate is the highest in the major American cities thus making San Francisco to have the highest number of homeless people. During the early 1900s, Filipino immigrants settled in the San Francisco community.
Cities often find themselves unable to sustain the shelter needs of the homeless population, primarily due to financial constraints. City management tries to implement policies best for traditional and homeless residents, but it is difficult to achieve a mix that accommodates both. Cities usually offer some form of shelters. However, availabilities are temporary and not guaranteed. Often city policies are against loitering, panhandling, sleeping in public or in cars.
I am going to discuss the benefits system, poverty, unemployment and also the lack of affordable housing. Homelessness is defined by the law as a person either not having the legal right to occupy accommodation or the accommodation that they are living is as being unsuitable2.. The majority of my research suggests that the main reason that homelessness exists is due to the lacking of monetary resources. Without money a person cannot afford a place to live and may even struggle in the upkeep of their home. It is argued that people may not have the capacity to cope both mentally and financially without a job or a source of income.
The money taxed would be used to pay for homes where the homeless could stay and live, rather than have them on the streets. Not only would it help the homeless, but also it would improve the look of society because there would no longer be any more homeless people on the streets, therefore people feel more safe about there city. However, I don’t think that pro athletes should be the only ones to pay taxes for social needs; I believe that team owners and coaches should contribute as well. All in all, it may sound harsh targeting pro athletes to pay an amount of taxes for social needs, but when such people make ridiculous amounts of money per year it wouldn’t hurt them to contribute at least a small amount of money. Also, team owners and coaches should pay an
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.
Foreclosures have hit an all time high, and unfortunately some people were allowed to finance beyond their means and now have become homeless too. According to The National Coalition for the Homeless, “Housing assistance can make the difference between stable housing, precarious housing, or no housing at all. However, the demand for assisted housing clearly exceeds the supply: only about one-third of poor renter households receive a housing subsidy from the federal, state, or a local government. The limited level of housing assistance Campbell - 2 means that most poor families and individuals seeking housing assistance are placed on long waiting lists.” Not being able to afford housing does not mean that they are completely without a source of income. Many people that become homeless have jobs;
My hypothesis that I’m reviewing is a casual one, which is “poor health is the main reason why people become homeless”. Poor health is closely associated with homelessness. For families struggling to pay the rent, a serious illness or disability can start a downward spiral into homelessness, beginning with a lost job, depletion of savings to pay for care, and eventual eviction (National Health Care for the Homeless Council, 2008). In the year 2007 the U.S. census Bureau calculated that 45.7 million people, who makes up about 15.3 percent of the population do not have health insurance. These uninsured people where Americans who either worked full or part time jobs.
But research has proven that severe distress and psychosis are much more common among the homeless than in the general population (Schutt and Goldfinger148). Take for example Joe, a 31-year-old homeless man, facing a lifelong illness of epilepsy. He was unable to secure a driver’s license and proper identification to secure a job in construction. And Bill, a weather-beaten military man, 56, facing a longtime battle of mental illness, depression and addiction (George A11). These are just some of the faces of the homeless.