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Many homeless people who live out on the streets are victims of mental disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder. People who are mentally ill and homeless are among the hardest to treat, and government spending on homeless programs is expected to rise.

This post actually hits close to home for me, seeing as i am a psych major and i feel the same way about our homeless population. Many of them are made fun of or accused of being on drugs but what they do not realize is that many of them are acting that way because they are not on the medication that they require to function at a normal level.

This article really opens my eyes a bit about homeless people. I mainly believe that homeless people at times are just helpless and put themselves in a position that they cant return from, but this article says otherwise. It goes to show that not all of these homeless people are completely doomed, just some of them need to proper medical assistance to get them back on the right track and back into reality.

Columbia City Council approved a plan that effectively makes homelessness illegal in parts of the city. the homeless will be forced to go to a shelter and stay there.

Columbia City Council approved a plan that effectively makes homelessness illegal in parts of the city. the homeless will be forced to go to a shelter and stay there.

Homelessness is another social issue and its caused by lack of affordable housing and accessible jobs. Once one becomes homeless it is very difficult for them to receive help as the government lacks to have adequate funding, or any funding for that matter, to assist in decreasing the numbers of homelessness. Whether that be through more jobs, less experience/starting experience available, higher minimum wage, and more affordable living situations.

I really liked this article it explains a lot of factors that go into how people can become homeless and sometimes not be able to get out of it. I liked how they analyzed many of the subjects as well.

Homelessness is an issue for nearly a million people in America. There are so many factors that lead to homelessness that is is difficult to create an all encompassing solution to the problem. What is known is that once a family becomes homeless it is extremely difficult to get them back into rental housing. This is why programs like housing first as so important.

This article provide 9 different way someone can become homeless. It is only getting more difficult for people to avoid going homeless. Growing gaps between affordable housing costs and income is the leading cause to being homeless.

This website gives information about homelessness in America. It also provides ways to help around your community or the bigger picture kind of stuff.

This website is interesting. I also posted about foster care, which in a sense is homelessness of children due to being unsafe at home. I do a lot of volunteer work with homeless people. For some reason they have a special spot in my heart.

Fighting homelessness is a great cause. Too often, assumptions are made about homeless individuals. Assumptions like: they're addicts, drunks, lazy, and more. Many homeless people suffer from mental illness. Some are veterans, and deserve more from the country they served.

Homelessness seems to be a never ending problem in the United States and there does not seem to be a solution. Some states like Utah are working towards finding a solution and helping the homeless in their state. They have a program in effect called Housing First that finds and build apartments at no cost to the homeless individual. They also work on helping them get the medical care and provisions needed to help them until they can survive on their own even if it takes some time.

The homeless is always the problem of US, I can see there are many homeless on the way i go to school. This is an very nice topic to discuss, I love to know more about his topic. Thus, I can give a helping hand for who in need.

Homelessness is a major social issue. Housing is a basic right. Before the inalienable rights were changed to "life, liberty and pursuit of happiness" is was "life liberty and property" meaning housing is a human right.

I really hope that this issue is taken seriously and that an end homelessness. After reading the article I looked below at the comments posted, I believe that both the article and the comments make very good points.

This article discusses how people are becoming homeless. It is said that more people than ever are on food stamps showing the state of our society.The law center is working to help end homelessness.

This article explains how nonprofit shelters are losing workers because of low pay for high stress work. The author contends that the government aid and donations to not cover enough and further complicates the homelessness crisis.

A topic I feel strong about that gets overlooked all the time. It's nothing new either, the homelessness rates only grow and continue to get worse. Hopefully we can find ways to combat this problem soon.

This site gives statistics along with easily understandable graphs and images. It gives a brief history, and acknowledges that while homelessness in America is improving, it is far from gone.

This site gives statistics along with easily understandable graphs and images. It gives a brief history, and acknowledges that while homelessness in America is improving, it is far from gone.

There has been a rise in large communities of homeless people living in tents in various big cities across the United States. Many of them are living in tents instead of shelters to avoid getting COVID-19. The CDC even wants these communities to be left alone to prevent the aforementioned problem.

It's sad to see so many homeless people especially when it's due to the pandemic. Its crazy how people would rather live in a tent than be in shelters. The shelters arent doing all they can to make sure these people feel safe so I see why they would rather not be in the shelters.

This article serves to shine a light on the freedoms and rights that many homeless individuals are denied. From voting, discrimination, privacy, all the way down to the right of liberty. Highlighting the most at-risk persons and those affected the most.

It's crazy that we have this issue when the number of vacant home FAR surpasses the amount of homeless.

This article, published in 2015, details the issues Phoenix faces with the large amounts of homeless in our state. It highlights some outreach programs we have available that try their best to assist those they can, but shows that there are still so many suffering. This is an issue that touches me because for many months of the year, our weather is unbearable and these folks are forced to endure it if we don't have resources to help them transition to a better life.

Many of our former military are treated awfully by their country, it is important that we understand these people and the sacrifice they made for this country. Many of our veterans are homeless and we need to take steps to combat this.

This article talks about homelessness in a America and how bad it's been getting throughout the years. It explains how the majority of the people on the streets are around the age of fifty.

Helping the homeless is very imperative. This article gives a few examples how we can help the homeless. A small deed goes a long way when it comes to these individuals.

This article is an informational article on the state of homelessness in Phoenix, Arizona. It also provides information on the efforts the city of phoenix has taken to abating this social issue. The City is funding non-profits to build more shelters with beds that the homeless can use.

As a homeless mom, Karen Penley likely hasn't had it too easy. Now she says a big obstacle is preventing her from fulfilling her baby's most basic needs. The Hawaii mom prefers breastfeeding to keep her child nourished, but that may not be an option at her shelter.

Two days before the city planned to dismantle her sidewalk home, Kionina Kaneso had no idea where she and her daughter and grandchildren would sleep.

This is a website arguing that homeless people should have the right to vote. Just because they have no permeant address to register with, doesn't mean that they can't vote just like every other US citizen. The current system is taking away their personal freedom to vote.

In this report it talks about foster kids and what happens to them after they turn 18. While some states, a small handful, have programs for the kids others do not. It spoke about kids turning 18 then getting dropped off at homeless shelters. I hope in the near future there will be a change for these kids. They crime rate, young parent rate and homeless rates are just not acceptable. Please read and see how you can help in you community.

There was a group home next door to my home for years. These kids had no support even when they were in the system. They were often locked out of the home when the state workers needed to go somewhere. My family and I ended up being family for many of these children. One afternoon, Charles who lived in the group home, rang our doorbell. I came out and he was yellow and falling over. I asked him where are the workers. He let me know they had locked them out again. I put him in my car and rushed him to the hospital. I knew it was bad when the emergency room nurses took him immediately. The staff at the group home had been giving him the wrong medication and he lost most of his liver. Charles calls me mom. His children call me Grandma. A lot of the kids that were living in the home, call me mom. I refer to them as one of my kids. The best way to take care of these children is to invite them into your heart, lives and family before and after they turn 18. Demonstrate the way to success by showing them love.