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In this article it talks about why you shouldn't help homeless people. For example people are paying $150 per day to handouts. 40% of that is detucted from their salery. So we should stop wasting are money on homeless people.

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People Should Not Give Money to Panhandlers

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Zoos tell you not to feed the animals-among other things, it teaches them to be aggressive with visitors. One reader noted the "do not feed the pigeons" signs in his city, and their analogy to the homeless. If people feed pigeons, the pigeons show up bolder and in greater numbers; they also become dependent, and-not the least of considerations-they foul the surroundings.

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In this article talks about the history of homelessness. 10% of the people were homless in the 1800's. 11.7% of the people were homeless in the 1900's. This is just showing that if don't do any thing about it we will all be homeless.

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Opposing Viewpoints in Context - Results -

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Individuals and families experiencing homelessness lack a permanent place of residence. People faced with homelessness may seek out temporary residence in a public shelter, live in their vehicle, or sleep in public spaces. Others find shelter with friends or family, join homeless camps, or live in motels.

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This article talks about emergency sheleters. They talk about how smoe shelters don't except single men and women. They don't serve single women with a baby boy . We should do something about these shelters making restrictings

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Effective Emergency Shelters Help Homeless Families Best

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The Homeless Services Program at the Red Cross in Ithaca offers a wide range of resources for the homeless in the community. Currently, they have an emergency shelter that offers a place to stay for families, individuals, and runaway youth in the community.

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Domestic Violence Often Leads to Homelessness

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When women flee domestic abuse, they are often forced to leave their homes, with nowhere else to turn. Landlords also sometimes turn victims of domestic violence out of their homes because of the violence against them. For years, advocates have known that domestic violence is a primary cause of homelessness for women and families.

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Natural Disasters Can Lead to Homelessness

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Homelessness, edited by Tamara Thompson, Greenhaven Press, 2012. Opposing Viewpoints. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, http%3A%2F%2Flink.galegroup.com%2Fapps%2Fdoc%2FEJ3010812215%2FOVIC%3Fu%3Dpl2683%26sid%3DOVIC%26xid%3D5cafcacf. Accessed 14 Mar. 2019. Originally published as "Five Years After Katrina, Still Homeless," Newsweek.com, 23 Aug. 2010.

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The right to housing has been developed through a number of international treaties and other documents, many of which were signed or otherwise affirmed by the U.S. First included in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, the right was codified in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in 1966.

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This picture shows how homeless people sleep and were.

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December 31, 2017
Hemmed in by low wages, pricey rental markets and family instability, more young people are crashing on couches of friends or acquaintances, sleeping in cars or turning to the streets, a new study has found.

Researchers with Chapin Hall, a youth policy center at the University of Chicago, surveyed in 2016 and 2017 more than 26,000 young people and their families across the country to gauge how many of them had been homeless during some period of the previous year. Their results were alarming: One in 10 people ages 18 to 25 had experienced homelessness. For adolescents, the number was 1 in 30. They concluded that nearly 3.5 million young adults and 660,000 adolescents had been homeless within the previous year.

Matthew Morton, a Chapin Hall research fellow, said he aims to dispel the notion that homelessness afflicts mostly older men. His survey identified college students and graduates and employed young people who struggled to find a permanent place to stay. Researchers also found it was no less prevalent in rural areas than in urban ones.

"Our findings probably challenge the images of homelessness. Homelessness is young," Morton said. "It's more common than people expect and it's largely hidden."

That was true in the District, where officials counted more homeless children and parents than homeless single men last year. The number of homeless families soared by more than 30 percent between 2015 and 2016, according to a federal estimate released last spring. City officials and advocates for the poor attributed the growth in homeless families to rising home costs and a city policy of guaranteeing any homeless family shelter.
[There are now more homeless kids and parents in D.C. than homeless single adults]
The researchers relied on a broad definition of homelessness and counted as homeless young people who had run away from home - even for a night - as well as those who were forced to sleep on couches or stay with friends temporarily. Children who run away are more likely to face homelessness as adults, Morton said, and many of the young people who researchers spoke to were forced out of family homes after they came out as gay.

The study marked the first time researchers had used a nationally representative survey to capture the picture of youth homelessness. Previously, researchers relied on "point in time" counts, which tallied only people who were homeless on a particular day. Morton said those counts probably underestimated the prevalence of youth homelessness, because young people are more likely to move in and out of it than older people.

The findings "are staggering. They are alarming, but they're not necessarily surprising," Morton said. "Many young people are getting hammered in this economy . . . and far too many youth have experienced trauma and lack stable family situations. You have a major affordable housing crisis."
[These are the faces of America's growing youth homeless population]
Neither Kera Pingree, 21, nor Dee Baillet, 27, fit the stereotype of homelessness. Pingree is pursuing a degree at Southern Maine Community College while working at the University of Southern Maine, and Baillet is a college graduate. They share their experiences as policy advisers for advocacy groups for homeless youth.

When Baillet came out as gay to his mother at 17, she told him he could no longer live at home. So he went to his bedroom and packed a duffel bag, unsure of where he would go.

"I had to turn to the streets," Baillet said. "I stayed around with family and friends, just couch surfing as much as I could."

But it didn't stop him from graduating from high school and ending up in college, where he finished early and took a teaching job in Indianapolis. But his housing situation fell through. Broke and unsure of where to go, he first considered staying in a shelter, but it felt unsafe. So he slept in his car.

Baillet works as a supervisor at an urgent care clinic in Columbus, Ohio, where he grew up. He volunteers at a homeless shelter. He said that many of the short-term solutions for homelessness are geared toward older men and that shelters can be unsafe and uncomfortable places for homeless youth.

Pingree, 21, had a daughter at 15 and was separated from the girl three years later, when family conflict forced a move. Pingree bounced from a friend's house to a partner's house, where Pingree said there were bed bugs and drugs.

Pingree remained separated from the little girl for four months until space at a family shelter opened up.

"When I was 16, I was really itching to get out of the house," said Pingree, who faced abuse and food shortages at home. "Optimally there would have been a program to allow me to live on my own with my daughter."

Pingree is a youth leader with Youth and Community Engagement, a community organizing group attached to the university. Pingree also serves as a policy adviser on homelessness for the National Youth Advisory Council.

Now living in a two-bedroom apartment in Portland, Maine, Pingree said people are surprised to learn of their homeless past.

"There's a lot of times people are shocked to find out someone was homeless," Pingree said.

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1 in 10 young adults has been homeless over the past year, survey finds

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December 31, 2017 Hemmed in by low wages, pricey rental markets and family instability, more young people are crashing on couches of friends or acquaintances, sleeping in cars or turning to the streets, a new study has found.

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This picture shows how some homeless people have there selfs and dog to care of.

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by Alisa Orduna

Back in June 2017, the Santa Monica Homeless Steering Committee (SMHSC) was created to leverage the strengths of Santa Monica's community solutions network. The committee is a gathering of more than 50 individuals who live or work in Santa Monica, representing residents, business associations, faith partners, local and regional service providers, regional elected officials, City Council, City departments, people with lived experience and other local associations impacted by homelessness.
Homelessness Steering Committee Meeting
Have your voice heard by joining the community-led Steering Committee on Homelessness on June 20, 6 p.m. at St. Monica's Church (725 California Ave, 90403).
Meeting Agenda

1. Welcome

2. Special Presentation

3. Regional Update, Molly Rysman, Housing and Homelessness Deputy, from the Office of LA County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl​ Alisa Orduna, Senior Advisor to the City Manager on Homelessness

4. Sub-Committee Reports

Public Safety

Advocacy

Open Spaces

Volunteer and Engagement

Break {5 minutes}

Sub-Committee Breakout Session - The public is invited to attend any of the subcommittee breakout sessions to learn more information on a topic of interest and/or provide feedback on the presented strategies.

We Are Santa Monica Presentation Erin Taylor, City of Santa Monica

Closing
Subcommittee Co-chairs:
Advocacy - Bill Parent

Volunteer - Laurel Rosen and Mikke Pierson

Public Safety - Nick Efron and Erika Aklufi

Open Spaces - Alan Toy
Parking
Parking is available on-site at St. Monica Catholic Church by entering from California and following the signs to the underground parking structure. Once parked, take the elevator to the 1 st floor and enter the courtyard to your let where you will see the Grand Pavilion structure across the way.
Additional Information
For more information on the meeting and how to get involved, please contact homelessness@smgov.net

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by Alisa Orduna Back in June 2017, the Santa Monica Homeless Steering Committee (SMHSC) was created to leverage the strengths of Santa Monica's community solutions network. The committee is a gathering of more than 50 individuals who live or work in Santa Monica, representing residents, business associations, faith partners, local and regional service providers, regional elected officials, City Council, City departments, people with lived experience and other local associations impacted by homelessness.

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The annual count of people in Indianapolis experiencing homelessness dropped 6 percent from last year to this year, according to numbers from a point-in-time survey announced Wednesday by the city.

The decrease was taken as a positive sign by city leaders who are trying to increase efforts to provide more people with permanent housing.

The Coalition for Homelessness Intervention and Prevention found that on Jan. 24-the night of the count-there were 1,682 people in Indianapolis experiencing homelessness-a 101-person decrease from last year's count of 1,783.

The count tracks people who are unsheltered or sheltered in emergency shelters, transitional housing or safe havens. The count is required for cities to receive funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Mayor Joe Hogsett said the figures were "promising news," but he pledged that more resources would go to support the community because "having a place to call home is something we must strive to provide every single one of our fellow residents and neighbors."

Hogsett vowed in his state-of-the-city address last year that the city would create an additional 400 units of permanent supportive housing for homeless residents, a goal he said had been fulfilled.

He said this year the goal will be on providing rental assistance and other wraparound support to help people into housing and keep them in it.

While the overall news was good, there was an 8 percent increase in the number of unsheltered homeless individuals from last year to this year-meaning people who aren't currently receiving services.

Among the 1,682 people, 12 percent are experiencing chronic homelessness, meaning that they have been continuously homeless for at least a year or have had at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three years.

Fifty-six percent of the people counted were African-American and 40 percent were Caucasian. Fifteen percent of those counted were 17 or younger.

About 26 percent had a substance abuse disorder, 34 percent reported having a serious mental illness and 53 percent have some form of disability.

About 80 percent of the women who were included in the count were fleeing domestic violence, and four women counted were pregnant.

CHIP executive director Alan Witchey said "conditions like substance abuse, mental illness, having a physical or developmental disability or other chronic health conditions, as well as having a prior felony on your record, can make it difficult for individuals to achieve housing stability."

"That is why we must continue to work together in our community to create programs that give these individuals involved the best chance for success by addressing the root causes of their homelessness in a safe, stable environment," Witchey said.

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Indianapolis homeless population shows 6 percent decrease in latest count

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The annual count of people in Indianapolis experiencing homelessness dropped 6 percent from last year to this year, according to numbers from a point-in-time survey announced Wednesday by the city. The decrease was taken as a positive sign by city leaders who are trying to increase efforts to provide more people with permanent housing.

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This picture shows homeless people sleep under briges and next to rail roads.

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City Councilman Stephen Levin's outrage is misplaced. The Brooklyn Democrat wants the city to devote much more affordable housing to the homeless - which buys into the false idea that the lack of a home is the cause, rather than the result, of these unfortunates' problems.

Levin, who chairs the council's General Welfare Committee, doesn't like the latest numbers from Department of Housing Preservation Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer: Just 2,000 units have gone to the homeless since 2014. Even with 4,500 more in the pipeline, it's still just 8 percent of new "affordable" housing.

If the city doesn't boost that to 15 percent, Levin warns, "We are going to have 60,000 people in the shelters perpetually." His prescription is wrong - and so is his diagnosis.

In fact, making shelters into a gateway to free or greatly subsidized housing is a guarantee that ever more people will claim homelessness. At the same time, this "solution" fails to provide the help that most homeless truly need - in overcoming mental illness, addiction and other challenges.

Yes, some homeless are simply down on their luck. But pretending that this is the only thing that puts people out on the streets is denial.

It's bad enough that the city is obliged to fulfill a supposed right to shelter for all comers: Pretending anyone has a right to a home they can't afford is just crazy.

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City Councilman Stephen Levin's outrage is misplaced. The Brooklyn Democrat wants the city to devote much more affordable housing to the homeless - which buys into the false idea that the lack of a home is the cause, rather than the result, of these unfortunates' problems. Levin, who chairs the council's General Welfare Committee, doesn't like the latest numbers from Department of Housing Preservation Commissioner Maria Torres-Springer: Just 2,000 units have gone to the homeless since 2014.

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This picture show how people sleep on sidewalks because they dont have a house to live in.

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On a single night in January, 23,548 people experienced homelessness in Texas, a 1.8 percent increase over last year, according to the latest national estimate by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Eric Samuels is president and CEO of the Texas Homeless Network, an organization which helps compile homelessness counts statewide. Samuels said he doesn't think the homelessness increase is very significant, but that increasing rents in areas like Dallas and Austin may be partly to blame.

"I think the high rent communities are having a tougher time keeping very low income people in housing," Samuels said. "Those are the areas where a deeply poor household is more susceptible to falling into homelessness."

Samuels said there was some loss of HUD funding for housing in the past year, which may have also contributed to the increase in homelessness.

Over the last decade, however, Texas has made strides in combating homelessness. HUD reports that the state's numbers fell more than 40 percent between 2007 and 2017. Those successes, Samuels said, can have an impact on nationwide numbers.

"The successes that we have in Texas really move the needle on a national scale, and that's something we should be taking advantage of," said Samuels. "We have done a great job of reducing homelessness over the past 5 to 10 years. We have the people in place and the drive, and if we are able to get the resources I think we can really make some big strides in the next few years."

Samuels credits the actions of continuum of care planning groups around the state for the overall decrease in homelessness over the last five years. He said they are trying to make use of all available subsidies for low-income people, especially those who are medically fragile and in need of affordable housing.

"Our continuum of care leads are also doing a great job recruiting landlords and apartment owners to work with them to place people in their units with these subsidies," he said.

Samuels said that further steps include the removal of housing barriers for people with criminal histories, the creation of more permanent supportive housing units, and the continued education of landlords.

Though home prices in San Antonio aren't as steep as in places like Austin and Dallas, local homelessness advocates are preparing for increases.

"I think locally we all recognize that we're not there yet, we're not fully in that situation. But it's coming," said Katie Vela, a program manager with the South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless. "We need to start getting creative about permanent housing options in light of what we're seeing in other big cities."

In San Antonio, the point-in-time homelessness count for January 2017 was just over 2,743 people.

Vela said her organization has had trouble reaching the chronically homeless population with programs and services.

"We saw an increase in that population last year. It went from 527 in 2016 to 651, which is a 20 percent increase," she said. "So we've been targeting that population a lot for the last year and trying to bring together the right partners to house them and keep them housed with the services that they need."

The next major homelessness count will take place in January 2018.
Carson Frame can be reached at carson@tpr.org or on Twitter @carson_frame

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HUD: Homeless Population On Rise In Texas

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On a single night in January, 23,548 people experienced homelessness in Texas, a 1.8 percent increase over last year, according to the latest national estimate by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Eric Samuels is president and CEO of the Texas Homeless Network, an organization which helps compile homelessness counts statewide.

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This video talks about how some people have money to live in big houses and others people can bearly aford a house.

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This video talks about how homeless people are liven in cars on colleges campus.

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For tens of thousands of college students in America, the toughest test they face is the lack of housing, or even food, as they try to succeed in class without a proper place to sleep