Persuasive Essay On Homeless

Every night across America, roughly 32,000 people between the ages of 18 and 24 are homeless (Youth Homelessness). In the same night, hundreds of thousands of girls say goodnight to their fellow sorority sisters before crawling into their beds. As a Panhellenic community, University of Nebraska gives girls the opportunities to create friendships, form connections, and build strong women. We are called to be active members of society, and use our fortunate lives to change the world we live in. After visiting Community First! Village of Austin, Texas, it has become aware to me the severity of homelessness in America and how simple it can be to change it. Community First! not only builds tiny homes through donations for homeless people around Austin, but gives them a community to become a part of. Donating money to build a tiny house at Community First! Village would not only strengthen UNL’s Panhellenic Council’s generous reputation, but also support the movement to end homelessness through providing a home and community to a young outcasted individual.

Developing job training programs will allow the homeless to attain the experience in the work field that they would not be able to achieve by being out on the streets. Attaining job training will aid in being hired which will help them get off the streets quicker. New York has job training programs set up for low to no income women to gain the confidence and knowledge to apply for a living-wage job: This program is called First Step. The Coalition for the Homeless says, “First Step… give[s] homeless and low-income women the training, social support, education, and work experience they need to overcome those obstacles” (Coalition for the Homeless). Even with the benefits of job training programs, there are still some drawbacks that make it the second best option. In relation to building homeless shelters, creating job training programs will take awhile to put into effect. Once the job training programs are created, it takes time to implement them. According to the Coalition for the Homeless, it is, “six classes, at fourteen weeks each”. This means the homeless have to wait 84 weeks on the street. This also means it will take longer to earn money and therefore take longer for the homeless to get off the street. The price of creating job training programs is non-existent because of volunteers. All one requires to create job training programs are buildings, competent volunteers, and homeless people that are willing to go. Even with two benefits, the time it would take to put it into effect is too

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.

Throughout New York or even the United States, there are many people who are homeless and without jobs to help them survive. Many mothers and fathers are struggling to keep their homes while others are already out in New York streets trying to seek help. Those who are already on the streets are seeking charity from others as the walk by them. And to stop this from ever happening there should be more shelters, jobs, and help/supporters.

Homelessness is like a diseases, increasingly taking down the most vulnerable of our population, but many Americans are insensitive to it. “The population of the desolate increased by two percent from 239,759 to 243,701 in the years 2009-2011 according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness” (Fagan 330). At this rate many could possibly face the same problem and have to deal with the harsh conditions homeless do on a daily basis. Although homelessness is frown upon for the common belief that it is a waste of tax payer’s resources, homeless assistance programs need to be funded in order to provide stability and prevent more diseases along with the risk of destructive behavior, for those who face these daily struggles.

Image being homeless, and not having a stable dwelling to call home. For a majority of people throughout the United States reality is true for these Americans. For example, waking up every day, not knowing where your next meal will come from; having to asking strangers for a few dollars, to get something to eat and drink. For instance, Crisis, the homeless charity, Perhaps this week has been active for 50 years says 114,780 people were homeless in England during two-thousand fifth-teen and two-thousand six-teen. Perhaps as many as 34,500 people sleep rough in England in any year around 4,000 a night. Crisis says that for every rough sleeper, there are 100 people in hotels, and 1,100 households in bed and breakfast and over- crowded accommodations. (" Financial Times, 22 April 2017). So what is the right reaction when someone in need asks for money on the street? In an interview last month, Pope Francis suggested the answer was to give without hesitation; but many charities beg to differ. Thames Reach, which supports homeless people and rough sleepers in London through the Street Rescue service and hotels. Thames Reach is adamant that people should not give cash to beggars. Providing cities with overwhelming evidence" that shows eighty percent of people begging do so to support a drug habit. Being homelessness has an emotional appeal to consider, simply because as society we don't know what paths of problems arise through -out our lives. ( Thames Reach).

What do you think Homelessness/Poverty is? Why is the circumstances like? And how can we get out of Poverty? In today’s society Homelessness is simply defined as the absence of a place to live. So now that we know what is Homelessness we can think of many things such as houses, finance and the current environment. Approximately, 235,000 Canadians experience homelessness each year. The number of homelessness people, and the length of time they spend homeless, continues to rise. You can be wondering why do people come in Homelessness but the thinking realistic Homelessness is not a choice; anyone can become homeless. Although the root cause is Poverty, underlying issues include; poor physical or mental health, violence or abuse in the home, lack of employment or income, and a shortage of affordable housing. We as human beings can only help them and support; I have seen some people who don’t even value the people living on the street and asking for food or money. Toronto is the capital of Canada, and in Toronto we will see a lot of people who are in this situation. In the past 25 years, there has been a 450% increase in the number of youth shelter beds in Toronto. Living in a Poverty is no fun, it feels like you're living in a jail. I feel bad for those who don’t even have shelters or clothes to put on. I will share an example of mine; when I went to Toronto I seen a man sitting on the ground with dirty and ripped clothes on and he had a bowl asking people to give him money. So there are people who are really in this situation and some pretending to be. But in my point of view, So I would just say don’t just think about yourself but think about others who are suffering.

Learned The many experiences of the tiny houses for the homeless project in Reno City, Nevada, can be applied to other cities who are dealing with the same issues. The challenges the project overcame, such as financing, public participation, and building and zoning codes, may provide guidance to address the problem of homelessness across the U.S. Lastly, the benefits of helping the homeless in communities can be reflected in the compassion and love the city has for its citizens. They help to build the case for any community involved in making a change to help people who do not have permanent

On Nov. 17, L.A city officials approved a campaign that would help the homeless this winter by allow them to sleep in vehicles and allowing openings of public buildings to be used as a shelter for them. An estimated amount of over 26,000 people around the L.A. community call the streets their home since the homeless population has multiplied all over the region. The reason for the approval of this campaign is due to Southern California being expected to be hit by severe rainstorms and possible floodings, which could mean the unsheltered residents could be at risk.

Being a homeless child can bring with it many risks. Children are often hungry, wonder where they will sleep that night, and worry about their families well being. Having those uncertainties in life can lead to negative consequences such as developing slower than their peers and also some mental health issues. If the children are younger than the age of 5 the damage can be lifelong, as that is when a child develops the most. These children need predictability in their life, however, dont get it. Their mothers are sometimes not able to support or protect the children either due to the struggles from poor education and no employment. programs that help stabilize this age would be crucial. Programs, where parents learn how to parent, would be

Rates of homeless continue to grow and the need for support is becoming increasingly apparent (Bawden, 1990). By looking into the characteristics and backgrounds of the homeless population across the United States, a better understanding will be gained to help address the systemic issues that can lead to homelessness and design services that address current needs (Wilder Research Foundation, 2013).

The community that I have decided to work with is the homeless in Stevens Point, WI. Within Stevens Point the population has grown to 27,000 people and has major employers such as NewPage Corporation, Skyward, Roundy’s Corporation, and Worzalla Publishing. Being that there are plenty of businesses you would not think that the poverty rate would be high but the reality is that 10.88% make less than $10,000/year (Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, 2015, figure 8). To help with the lower income and oppressed individuals Stevens Point has opened up the Hope Center which is ran by the Salvation Army. The hope center is not only a place for people to stay warm but also offers AA and NA meetings, bible services, warm meals three times a day, and even offers clothing and supplies when needed. The challenges that come with the Hope Center are the current location; the center is currently located on the other side of town. To some this may not seem like a big deal but to the

Imagine being out on a cold street at night, with no money, nobody to help you, no shelter, and no food. A few years ago, I went to Chicago for the first time. I have seen many homeless people sleeping on the sidewalk or near the wall of a building. I just felt so bad for them. I hope they are doing better now. Also, I've seen people just walk by homeless people thinking that they are failures, that they are not working hard enough, or that they are lazy. On YouTube, I've also seen people dump food on homeless people, even a police officer told a homeless person to just go get a job and even threw their hat on the ground. Homeless people just don't have anything to do, they lost everything because of one certain event, and they struggle to live because of the dangers of being homeless. Although homeless people seem lazy, they are not lazy.

The homeless can go around and clean up parks where families go. They also could go clean up the roads where people drive every day. The homeless can clean any public place in the town to make it better and to help out the workers that have to do it every day. The program will provide food for each worker and give them spending money for themselves. This way if they find them a home to stay in. In the program the government should teach the homeless ways to save their money so that they will not end up in the same situation that they are in now.

What can be proposed by the city to the public audience to help the homeless in need? In Anaheim, there is a problem with the growing amount of homeless people on the streets of our city; their presence has been increasing within parks, streets, in front of businesses, etc. The reason for why we chose this topic is because our group wants to be able to help these individuals get their life back on track, rather them having these unemployed people living out on the filthy streets. I constantly see individuals begging for money at the exits of freeways and cross lights, instead of seeing them work for their money. To do this, we need to be able to convince our community to propose programs to city hall that will help homeless