Thursday, September 17, 2009

Some informational sites on homelessness

This website has some interesting facts about homeless life in major industrial places. It has some good averages on who is the majority of homeless people. It surprised me personally that all though the majority of homeless people are single males theirs also homeless families. Also it was talking about how the food is very limited. The house prices are going up which makes it harder to have permanent shelter. The average wage for lower jobs is not very good ether. It also talks about prevention. Most of the people who have been making emergency shelter for them they have been working on prevention. They have been funding stuff to help the community. The thought is if they live in a better community they may be abele to get jobs and become a part of it. One of the things they have been funding is a library program so they can get the knowledge they need. One of the ways they get the money is by grants from the government. Also in there studies they have figured out that ones who have suffered abuse of have mental illness is are the ones that have the hardest time getting permanent housing. That’s why they create funds to help these individuals. That just about sums up what the article is about.



Thursday, September 3, 2009

the life of homeless people

As part of team 3, i am excited to be blogging this year on the topic of co-existence.

In my blog I will write about problems in the homeless community. I will also be addressing how people become homeless. Some problems in the homeless community are that food is becoming more and more limited. With the economical problems in America to day less and less people are willing to give money, food and other necessary items to survive out side. This is becoming a bigger and bigger problem. As more people go hungry on the streets. It’s a very depressing life for homeless people. Some people create a stereotype for them that their people living on the highway begging for change. But the truth of it is that most of the time you cannot tell that they’re homeless. And they all don’t sleep out side in tents. Some still have their car for shelter. Even with a car for shelter it still doesn’t lighten the mood for them because they have no stable form of housing this can be very damaging for them. Also its not gust adults that are home less most of the time they have kids as well. Growing up home less can cause deep emotional damage. That’s a start about some of the problems in the home les community.