Essays on Homeless

Deinstitutionalization- a term popularized in the mid fifties to early seventies, was an experiment involving the release of some 830,000 mental patients. By reducing state mental hospitals by 60%, this ideology was found very appealing by Liberals due to mental patients receiving their freedom (Website 1). It was also liked by conservatives because of the…

Becoming a veteran means having to put your life on the line for your country. It comes with sacrifice, fear, and unfortunately sometimes mental illness. Many of the veterans returning home are faced with the harsh reality of unemployment due to many factors, including mental illness and disabilities. The idea of veterans coming home and…

Homelessness has been an issue for centuries. During the post-war prosperity between 1950 to 1970, the gap between the rich and the poor narrowed. A ‘U-turn’ occurred during the 80s, in which the Americans faced deindustrialization. Due to the low wages, the job cuts, and the decrease in low income housing support, poverty was increasing…

Many of us will never be homeless, and not everyone understands the benefit of having a wife, but after reading the essays’, Homeless (Quindlen, A. n. d. ) and I Want a Wife (Brady, J. 1971), one can gain a better understanding of both. I am a wife. Therefore, I can certainly connect with the…

I am constantly walking around seeing dirty bodies just sprawled out on the ground. There has been homeless people on the streets for years upon years now and people, including me, are now beginning to wonder why these people can not just get a job. If these homeless people got jobs, it would solve the…

I’m going to be talking about why homelessness is so important to me. One thing that I always see when I head to church is a white homeless man and he has on a Veteran hat. When you see people around Memphis you would see a lot of Veterans and people that do a lot…

Mother Teresa once stated, “We think sometimes that poverty is only being hungry, naked, and homeless. The poverty of being unwanted and uncared for is the greatest poverty. We must start in our own homes to remedy this kind of poverty. ” People are progressively being victimized for being homeless. Anna Quindlen, 1992’s Pulitzer Prize…

Getting the homeless counseling, drug treatment, job training and jobs, as soon they come into the helter for help is one solution for improving the problem of homelessness. Creating a program that not only house the homeless, but gives them a schedule to abide by, providing drug counseling to keep them clean and sober and…

Homelessness is usually defined as “a person who lacks a fixed regular and adequate night time residence ”(Facts and figures: The homelessness). Homelessness in the United States is very common. If you are walking on the streets of New York or any city in United States it is almost certain that you will see a…

            Veterans are people who are or have been working in the armed forces.  These are people who should be honored and treated with maximum respect for their devotion and sacrifice they make to their country.  Russia is one of those countries that treat these figures with the respect they deserve for example during the…