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Homeless Persuasive Essay

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Three thousand, and eight hundred men, women, and children sleep on the cold streets of Portland Oregon. Homelessness has gone down 17% happily but went up another 10% the next year.
The shelters in Portland provide warm food, water, a place to sleep, and someone you can talk to about your troubles. But first let's talk about how they got there and why. One reason is Domestic Violence, 50% of women and young children leave their homes because they get abused by their own husbands leaving them even though they know they won’t have warm food, water, or a bed to sleep on for them and their children.
Another reason is Mental Illness, 20-25% of men and women suffer from this problem so it makes it much more difficult to handle money is a responsible way. It also makes it harder for them to find and keep a job.
Despair and Addiction makes them feel like there is no way out and then they start to feel depressed and do drugs thinking it is the only way out so they start having addictions and then they get more depressed and feel more alone. 63% of teens also suffer from being homeless due to parents kicking them out for being pregnant, drugs, and others. Some teens also run away because of physical and sexuall abuse.
Grief is the last main reason, because of unable to deal with the death of a loved one they try numbing the pain with drugs because nothing else can do the job. But eventually become majorly addicted and would do anything to get high again and not feel the pain they do even use all of the money they have which brings them into homelessness. The homeless people always come back to the warm shelters, and I would too if I were in there place. But when my Dad told me about what he saw and the stories he heard I began to get very curious. Most homeless people have addictions such as drinking, drugs, and smoking. If the homeless people of Portland stop their bad habits they can spend there money on things they need and then hopefully eventually will be able to by thing they want.
I believe if we help the people in need they can help us in a way. What I mean is they would keep the streets cleaner and have more space for Portland to expand and have more parks, museums, and more.
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