Powerlessness In The Homeless

Powerlessness is when people have no control over the events in their lives. This relates to poverty because most individuals suffering from poverty are powerless over their situation. These individuals feel alienated from other groups in society. In 2011, the poverty statistic was that 43 million people were living below the poverty level. The Census Bureau comparing pre-tax cash income against a threshold that is set at three times the cost of a minimum food diet in 1963. Off course this data is updated changed for the different sizes of families. There are several challenges with how the United States looks at poverty, first it does not include value of family assets like cars. Also many people who are considered poor do not actually think they are, this also becomes a problem when looking at people who are not ranked as poor but in actuality are. This comes into play because poverty is only looked as absolute were things like cars, the internet or daycare are not included. In a modern society like the United States all of these extra things are

This statistic is taken by a point and count were individuals go around towns and cities and count homeless individuals. Both counts have shown that there is an increase in families suffering from poverty. The population that individuals see on the streets are more likely to be chronically homeless. These chronically homeless are the harder to house because they have gotten used to living on the streets and do not want to leave. They suffer from alcohol and drug additions and about one-third suffer from mental illness. Also an interesting fact is that people can develop mental illness because of the lack of socialization and proper conditions. Homeless individuals suffer the most from powerless, they have very little control over things that happen in their life and can feel down on their life and