Factors that may have affected childhood development indirectly affect behavior and could contribute to some of the personal causes of becoming homeless. .
While reading, I learned there are a number of things that can be considered personal causes of why someone may become homeless, mental illness being one of them. I am sure that everyone that has walked the streets of Downtown Cleveland has noticed the large amount of homeless people that just don't seem to have it all together upstairs. Mental illness and substance abuse (alcohol or drugs) are the two main personal causes of homelessness. Most homeless people have at some time in their lives experienced severe and often extremely disabling mental illness such as schizophrenia and major affective disorders (clinical depression or bipolar disorder) along with over 50% of them have had diagnosable substance abuse disorders. Another personal cause we should consider is problems with interpersonal relationships such as, being separated or divorced, their significant other being deceased, and serving jail time or time in a hospital, basically, being removed from the person helping them with food and/or money. .
Structural causes of homelessness relate to how society is organized and distributed, there are several events that contribute to the huge increase of homeless people. In this part of my essay you will have to bear with me because this is where our ever so lovely U.S. Government pisses me off. The decline of low income housing and the increase of rent play a huge role in homelessness. As the amount of low income families grow the number of affordable housing decreases. Right now there is approximately one unit for every three poor households that can afford it, forcing these people to the streets. Then we have the deinstitutionalization in which mentally ill people that were once housed in state institutions are propelled into the community, foreclosing the option of extended hospitalization and creating a new population of poor individuals that now compete for low cost housing.
Affordable Housing in Chicago In the last 10 years Chicago housing has went through drastic changes. Changes in Public housing, rental apartments, and the real-estate market. This report will look at the history of Chicago housing, current demographics, urban renewal, and the affects these chan...
Jesus said, "Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest" (Matthew 11:28). What could be more burdensome and heavy-laden than to be homeless in as rich a society as the United States? As we look into the issue of homelessness, we believe that there are three social factors that contribute to this predicament: economics, racism, and reasons stemming from abuse. Homelessness is not in all cases a voluntary choice made by social retreatist who, according to Merton's strain theory, "drop out" from the pursuit of culturally accepted goals. The 3 reasons listed ...
The United States of America is often referred to as "the land of the free" or "the greatest country in the world." But for people who actually live here and see tens of thousands of men, women, and children walking the streets everyday with no home to go to, it is hard to believe that people could even categorized this country with a name so impressive. I agree that homelessness is not a problem just of the United States it is one of the world and we must work together to find a way to solve it. (1) In many ways, homelessness represents a new social problem. Excluding during the time of the...