More homeless people are starting to gather inside the community leaving two options, either use police force to drive them out or work together and build shelters for them. Using police force may sound like the right way to go, but containing all the homeless to a shelter instead of them roaming in the community would allow police to watch and control them more easily. Instead of arresting and using our taxes on paying for a homeless person to go to jail for sleeping on a park bench, it would be more beneficial to build shelters to help cut back on unnecessary arrests. By building shelters, it would constrain them to a specific location, remind the homeless that they are people just like the people in our community, and explain that homelessness should not be treated as a crime by itself. First, building shelters would not be an immediate magical fix, but in the end could save millions of lives. People in the community state that they are afraid of losing their territory to the homeless. In reality that land is just as much theirs if it is public grounds even though they are homeless. Currently there are becoming less and less …show more content…
Building the shelters would be like get out of jail for free cards for the homeless. Considering that putting up shelters would possibly attract more homeless people leading to more illegal activity is irrelevant due to being in a small town on top of a mountain. Giving them a place to live would lead to consistency in life leading to them not committing crimes and actually being able to hold a job to help sustain themselves. It would also save more money to build shelters to contain the homeless than constantly using our tax money on keeping them in jail for crimes such as sleeping in a public place or stealing food. Having shelters would allow for crime to slowly start to disperse and the homeless wouldn’t need to steal in order to
Homelessness is a social issue that has been overlooked for too long. It can be observed in many states worldwide. The rising population of homeless people affects those characterized as homeless, their families subjected to the lifestyle, and the communities where homelessness exists. There are many solutions but only a few will be discussed. Improving existing shelters and building new shelters are general solutions. More in depth solutions within the shelters include programs that assist the homeless with opportunities for re-entry into the community. I would first like to discuss reasons why this issue should be looked into and conclude with recommendations.
I am writing to inform you of the current homeless situation in Australia and how we solve fix it.
The homeless have the ability to make the non-homeless feel threatened and unsafe (Marin.) “They are homeless, are strangers, alien and therefore a threat (Marin.)” The threat and danger that homeless pose to American society could easily be eradicated by shipping all of them to other countries. We would then no longer have to deal with them on a day to day basis.
Homelessness in the United States has been an important subject that the government needs to turn its attention to. There has been announced in the news that the number of the homeless people in many major cities in the United States has been increasing enormously. According to United States Interagency Council on Homelessness reported that there was an estimation of 83,170 individuals have experienced chronic homelessness on the streets of the United States’ streets and shelters on only a single night of January 2015, which is a small decrease of only 1% from the previous year (People Experiencing Chronic Homelessness, n.d.). The United States must consider this subject that most of the people underestimate it and not pay attention
The amount of students who are or are in danger of becoming homeless has increase on our country over the years. Although society structured people to attend post-secondary school in order to receive a sustained career, there are some cases where college is simply too expensive. Many homeless students are not receiving a proper education due to these circumstances, which results of them dropping out. Because of this situation, there are different methods to combat students dropping out of college due to financial issues. However, increasing taxes and/or tuition would not benefit the situation without an increase of society’s knowledge and awareness in the topic.
With the rising number of homeless rising every night it is becoming harder for the shelters to house them since they do not have enough space or resources available to help. Since 2013 there has not been a new report done to count how many homeless people are living in Phoenix, but one thing that is known is that an “anticipated 250 families in Maricopa County are homeless every night”(Taylor ). There are currently 13 shelters that house the homeless each night in Phoenix, AZ, many of them not only provide housing but also “services such as alcohol and drug rehab treatment along with clinics’ (Phoenix Homeless Shelters & Services for the Needy.) Though the shelters do provide some help there is not enough of them to provide the assistance and housing needed to help the homeless. The number of shelters is not enough and more need to be built with proper staffing and resources to help keep the homeless people out of the unforgiving Phoenix heat and possible death. If
Laws that make the lives of the homeless more difficult are meant to decrease the amount of homeless people however they are counterproductive. Many of the cities enforcing these laws don’t have enough affordable housing available for the homeless. Also fines and criminal charges only make the lives of the homeless more challenging when applying for housing. Not to mention one night in jail costs on average three times as much as one night in a shelter. “The US Interagency Council on Homelessness has strongly advised local governments not to enact laws criminalizing homelessness as it fails to increase access to services and tends to create additional barriers for homeless people while also undermining the impact of service providers Building a Movement to End Homelessness).” Criminalization of the homeless sends the message to the public that homeless people are criminals and should not be helped. What needs to be understood is that
If the homeless do not have a function in society they cannot compete for the resources available, but if we give them back their purpose they will have an equal opportunity to the resources they are due. The homeless- and most people in poverty- are in an endless circle of disadvantage, since there are no jobs available they cannot establish a place of residence and with no place of residence they cannot get a job or show previous work experience. Even if they have the skills that qualify them for a job they will not be able to take the next step and become a valued member of society once more. Many of the homeless population are not homeless by choice, many have lost the only job in the household, many are military veterans that have not assimilated back to civilian life, and some are homeless due to natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina. "It can happen to anyone of us. A hurricane, earthquake or wildfire that is out of control can destroy our home within minutes. We must never say never when it comes to the possibility of being homeless, especially when we consider the impact that natural disasters have. Worldwide natural disasters render middle class people near poverty and the poor,
The mindset of the homeless needs to change they need to start thinking ‘hey why don’t I get cleaned up and look for a job!’ The homeless are also part of our community and us as a community need to Do Something! I am Just a 9th Grader stating my issue but you’re the adults ,the adults that can make things happen; whether a petition needs to be signed or a picket put up for the city to do something ,we need to do something to change the human lives living on the streets .
There are countless laws today that subliminally discriminate against homeless people. One such law was passed in 2014 that made it illegal to sleep in public areas of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Philosopher Jeremy Waldron and author of the essay “Homelessness and the Issue of Freedom” would view this law as extremely unconstitutional and immoral. Waldron would argue that making it illegal to sleep somewhere takes away the homeless persons freedom to live. I agree with Waldron on the claim that outlawing sleeping in public spaces is unconstitutional because by doing so one is taking away the homeless persons only home. For those who do not have a place to sleep the streets are their only homes. The law banning sleeping in public spaces therefore discretely makes it illegal for homeless people to even exist.
Homelessness is not something that was created over night; it has existed for a long time; often we choose not to see the homeless, or bother with them, so we look the other way. Homelessness is not prejudice toward race, creed, or religion--it has no boundaries; all homeless people should not be stereotyped as being drug abusers or the mentally ill that have been released from mental hospitals. Homelessness is not a disease that a person can catch from bodily contact, but it certainly has afflicted many Americans. We need to find the cause of homelessness before we can find a solution. More money for more programs is the typical response, but we should look at what has already been instituted and reevaluate them.
Homelessness is a subject that has inspired many to write poems, speeches, and even songs. However, there is more depth to homelessness than just a source for inspiration; this is an ongoing problem for many all over the world. The 40th president to the United States, Ronald Reagan, once said that "what we have found in this country, and maybe we're more aware of it now, is one problem that we've had, even in the best of times, and that is the people who are sleeping on the grates, the homeless, you might say, by choice."(Reagan). The president's expression is very powerful even today, implying that even in the best of times homelessness is one of the top issues in society. Notice how President Regan cleverly used the wording "by choice" at the end of the sentence, what did he mean to convey by this? Was he implying that those who are homeless are so by choice? Or that many individuals perceived homelessness to be a choice? Perhaps it was a way to raise awareness of the impending problems that can lead an individual to homelessness. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness and the National Coalition for the Homeless, there are three triggering factors that lead to homelessness, lack of affordable housing, unemployment, and health care ("Why Are People Homeless?"). Therefore, when exploring into more depth the determining reasons, considering the key roles that a home, money, and employment play in an individual’s life will facilitate a better understanding of the downward spiral towards homelessness.
They have shelters for them to sleep for a night, and meals for them so they can have. But they don’t have enough of them, and can’t shelters every homeless people in the country. There are over 500,00 people that are living on the streets. In reality they can’t house 500,000 people they don’t have the money for the moment. Unfortunately, not everyone is willing to help the homeless, because they excuse themselves and tell the homeless to get a job, earn things like they did. They are against helping them, because they should not earn things for free. But then again people throw out their money on useless things rather than helping the people who are need of that money to buy food and
The issue with the suggested location of the homeless shelter is that it is too close to businesses, an elementary school and a park. 1000 N. Kraemer Place is not the adequate location for a homeless shelter, there are businesses nearby and a school 1.9 miles away, this is not safe for children walking home from school. If this shelter were to be opened it would result in major chaos with the children’s parents because the parents will not allow their precious jewels to walk home after school. Aside from the school there is also a park located 1.2 miles from the proposed shelter, children are constantly playing at all hours of the day, but if this homeless shelter is placed here parents will not give their children permission to go out and play. This prohibits children from receiving their daily needed exercise.
Picture the homeless, a nonprofit organization founded by homeless people, “went around a third of the city in 2014 and found that [they] can house around 200,000 homeless people even more” (Gardella, Chris). Taking these boarded up areas might be a complicated idea, but they would be able to house various homeless people who are sleeping on the streets today or in other public areas which are allowed and not allowed. Since the nonprofit organization found that they could house about 200,000 homeless people in just a third of the city this means that around 1 million homeless people could finally be housed. Homeless people are people too they are just like us, but they grew up in different circumstance, lost their job or were not able to be educated. They have a life but their lives might not be like ours and for the government to say that “it would be too expensive” (Gardella), to reorganize the way we treat homeless might be money worth spending and in the end cost us less. If the government does actually help this would be a great way to decrease the number of homeless people in NYC. Unfortunately, there are not enough beds and many live on the streets making it unsafe for people who live in the neighborhood and therefore having a specialized shelter would be a good idea. Not only could this be a worthwhile option but also, the government might also be able to create shelters for the ill and injured as they have special locations for people with