Homelessness In America

Every American respects their war veterans, our heroes, but no one acknowledges that ten percent of the homeless population are veterans. Twenty seven percent of United States cities have banned sleeping in particular public spaces (tyler, 1). There are a number of reasons Americans are homeless it includes substance abusing, mental issues, and raising housing prices. Although most homeless people are unsheltered, there is unsheltered homeless people (stingl, 3). America has had homeless science the beginning. Numbers go up and down but never stay. Although some Americans think the government is helping homeless people, the government has not done enough to help homeless in America because they raise housing prices, make laws to get rid of homeless, and they turn down offers to make shelters.

As soon as housing prices raise,more people are homeless. This means that low paying jobs will not buy a house. Eleven million Americans have worse case housing means (Tyler, 1). After the civil war, homeless numbers spiked, as wounded or ill soldiers failed to reenter society and find jobs(stingl, 1) . Maria Foscarinis says that there will be a record increase in homeless numbers because of job loss and economy (tyler, 2). The government can make cheaper housing and rich people could donate to shelters. In

conclusion many people are homeless because they cannot raise enough money to buy a house.

Although many cities let homeless people sleep in streets, twenty seven percent of cities have banned sleeping in certain particular areas (tyler, 1) .

In Madison, Wisconsin, city council banned sitting on all city sidewalks between 5:30 pm to 1:00 am (bendtsen,1). Ronald Reagan suggested that some of the homeless might be homeless by choice (stingl, 1). This means that, he said people want to be homeless and they do not try to help themselves. Cities that ban homeless are trying to look better to the public eye. People always complain about the homelessness in America, but very few people actually help. After all, many cities make laws to get rid of

homeless.

Yet many shelters have been made, many have been rejected. A judge blocked Mayor Michael Bomber from turning a old Bronx jail into a homeless shelter (Bendtsen, 1). That same jail ended up getting knocked down. That jail could have had many rooms to help people, take showers, atableixe the men and women until they find jobs. 2 millions Americans are sheltered or unsheltered homeless. New york has the most homeless in the united states. People move there to start carriers but when they fail, they have no one to come back to. The bronx jail could have held a large fraction of those homeless. More Americans should donate time and money. In conclusion, many shelters have been planned, but not made.

In addition, there are Americans who think the government does enough to help homeless. For example, in Madison, Wisconsin the homeless numbers spiked twelve percent so the city donated ten million dollars to the issue (bedtsen,2).The city also ruled that the homeless population is a protected class (bedtsen,1) Madison, Wisconsin also ruled that laws banning homelessness are against the first amendment (bedtsen,1). This shows that people are spending time and money to help the homelessness population in America. On the other hand, shelters are still being refused to be made. After all, many people think that the homeless are getting help, but more people think they need more help.

The government doesn't help the homeless enough because they raise housing prices, make laws to get rid of homeless, and they reject offers to build shelters. A small amount of Americans think the government does too much by donating money. The National Law Center of Homelessness and Poverty estimates some to 3 million men, women, and children would have been homeless for some part of 2002 (tyler, 1). Things are getting done to help the homeless population, but not enough. It is time to recognize that homeless need a place to stay and freshen up before they can get a decent paying job to buy their own house. In conclusion, Americans and the united states government is not doing enough to help and demolish homelessness in America.