There are the homeless, and there are the chronically homeless. The chronically homeless make up 25% of the homeless population. Unlike the former, these people are homeless far less because of circumstances, and far more ...read more
by Jeff Stepper
There is no "solution" for homelessness. That being said; let me explain why. There are individuals out there who are homeless as a lifestyle choice and who are we to say how another should live as long as he isn't hurting...read more
by brilliq
I do not believe that there is any one comprehensive answer to the problem of homelessness, I do, however, believe that there are things that the homeless can do to change the way that they are perceived by other people i...read more
3 Easy Ways To Become An American Hero What follows are my recommendations for easy methods of becoming an American Hero. But, they are more than that. These are ways to become a good human being. By following these ...read more
Some people choose to be homeless. It's a sad but true fact. I feel it is their business if that's how they choose to live as long as they do nothing illegal and leave other people alone. It's those that don't choose to li...read more
by Ron Hughes
"For every man who lives in a house one thousand times bigger than what he really needs, one thousand men must wander homeless." So said the saintly Vinoba Bhave, a disciple of Mahatma Gandhi who went about persuading weal...read more
The annual income of any U.S. citizen should be a real factor in finding solutions for homelessness. Plainly a homeless guy cannot suddenly afford a home in San Diego at an average 250,000 dollars and up. Homeless people a...read more
It rarely gets cold in San Antonio, even in the dead of winter. In fact, the Alamo City is so pleasant, many homeless people, especially those who are without home by choice, you might call them poor snow birds, migrate t...read more
The poor children living on the streets of some hard to pronounce country. Let's set up funds for them, send them food, let them go to school, give them medicine, & send them care packages. Not to say there is anything wro...read more
by Nisha Danny
Why do people end up homeless? Simple answer is poverty. Best solution would be to find ways to solve the poverty. Financial help is not all that you can do for the homeless. Here are few ways in which you can help the ho...read more
by Bill Reznor
The homeless of America is a tragic legacy that one generation leaves for the next. One of the biggest culprits in the increase of homelessness in America is the closure of many state hospitals for the mentally ill. All t...read more
Some people live dangerously close to the edge of poverty and one financial hit could make them homeless. Generally they have low wage jobs and there's just not much money around. Most of us will go through a phase like th...read more
Homelessness, from experirience is something the general public do not understand. From experience when you are in that situation you find your own personal circumstances over rule those of othewrs. Having beeen homeles...read more
by Josh Hatcher
People are homeless because of poverty. And many are poor, and others have so much. I am not a communist... I do not believe that you can legislate or impose morality on society. I do believe though, that the onl...read more
People have asked the question, "What is the meaning of life ?" for centuries. And while there are as many answers as there are people in this world. Many of the answers to this question is based upon religious beliefs ...read more
You see them everywhere, sleeping on the street, begging for food and/or money from passerby...but isn't there anything out there to help the homeless get out of these situations? Other than the soup kitchen which offer...read more
I'm Not Really Homeless. I have a roof over my head. If I don't stand up to quickly, I won't bang it on the tiny cabinets that are suspended directly above my head at all times. I have a bathroom. If you can call it th...read more
by Saron Maramo
For me a civilized society is a society that provides proper care for its weakest citizens. Sadly many so called civilized societies fall short of providing adequate help for its homeless. There is just not the will or the...read more
In 1998 I was changing trains on the way to my parents for the weekend. At the time I did this most weekends as did my peers in college, my college not being to far from where they lived. On the platform I bumped into a fr...read more
There are many different ways for people to reach out and help homeless people. Below I have listed a few of these,I'm sure you can think of even more. 1) Give a homeless person a warm blanket to help them keep warm at...read more
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