what do you think of homeless people?

Question

i mean are they weird? crazy? or they just unfortionates?

Answer 1

I don't think you can generalize about the homeless. Some are probably drug and alcohol abusers, some probably have mental illnesses, some may not want to work, and others probably have just had some misfortune. Not all homeless people are homeless permanently.

Answer 2

In Pennsylvania the state government has emptied out most of the long-term mental hospital facilities. Where do you think these people are going to go? They can not take care of themselves, hold a job or even fill out forms to ask for food, housing and assistance. The state officials promised to increase resources in the community to take care of these people, but have instead started to refuse payments to agencies that take care of individuals with long term needs. The state tells agencies that if they don't make fast and document-able progress with these individuals they will not be paid for the services delivered. The end result is that people with long-term mental health needs end up on the street, and then when they "act-out" or act bizarrely, they are put in jail. Pennsylvania's number one provider of mental health is now the penal system.

Answer 3

most are just unfortionates. It could happen to any one of us.
Some Im sure is brought on themselves. But others it just happened by some unfortunate event.

Answer 4

It depends on why they are homeless. Some people are truly mentally ill and don't know where to go for help, some people have lost jobs, family and their homes and are too proud to ask family for help, some people chose to be homeless, they can't go home because they have burned bridges w/family and friends. So yes to your question, some are weird, crazy and many, many have hit hard times. Anyone of us are one step from becoming homeless.

Answer 5

There just people like everyone else they are not aliens, I volunteered at a homeless shelter a while ago and I discovered most of them just had unfortunate things happen in there life, for example there was a mom and her son there at the shelter because there house burnt down.

Answer 6

According to The National Coalition For The Homeless, "there are between 30,000 and 7,000,000 homeless people in America. The causes of homelessness, including unemployment, alcoholism, drug abuse, mental illness, and so on. The argument is that the homeless people are responsible for their own condition, for example, all alcoholics and drug addicts do not become homeless, so this means alcoholism or other reasons, cannot be the only cause of homelessness.
Homelessness is a complex problem, so not all homelessness is caused by one particular reason. First, the most serious cause of homelessness is unemployment. According to a 1993 report by the U.S. conference of Mayors, " About 60% of homeless population works and is still homeless. Their average income is less than $176 per month It is far lower than the poverty level; therefore, some homeless people receive the following government assistance payments.
Alcoholism is also a major cause of homelessness. According to The National Coalition for the Homeless 50% of all homeless is a 'single' adult who has a drug or alcohol problem," but it is not the only cause of homelessness. Alcoholism also contributes to unemployment. For example, more than 85% of alcoholic homeless men had not been employed for at least 6 months, and neither had 79% of nonalcoholic homeless men. This means that, regardless of sex, to get a job is more difficult for alcoholic homeless people than nonalcoholic homeless people; therefore, alcoholic homeless people get money from illegal activities. According to NCH, "many drug and alcohol abusers never become homeless, but people who are poor and addicted are clearly more tend to become homeless.
About one-third of the single adult homeless population suffers from some kind of severe and persistent mental illness. According to the National Resource Center on Homelessness and Mental Illness, "at least a half of mentally ill homeless people are dually diagnosed with an alcohol or drug problem, but according to the Federal Task Force on Homelessness and Severe Mental Illness, "Only 5-7% of homeless persons with mental illness needs to be institutionalized", so mental illness is not the major cause of homelessness.
Each one of the above causes of homelessness cannot be the only cause of homelessness by itself because most of homeless people get some money whether they are employed or not employed, and some people are not willing to work because of the government assistance payment. In terms of alcoholism and drug abuse (chemical dependency), only homeless people who are addicted have a high risk of becoming homeless. Only 5% to 7% of homeless people with mental illness need to be institutionalized. It can be said that homeless people escape from working. Even though social factors should not be overlooked, I strongly insist that the homeless people are responsible for their own conditions.

Answer 7

All of them are unfortuates - whether they're on the street because of mental illness (why aren't they in an assylum) or whether they're there because they have no job and can't afford rent or there because they want to be - Unfortunates....

There, but for the Grace of God, go I.

Answer 8

all of the above. some of them decide to spend thier money on drugs and lose everything that they have including family. some just want to live like that for one reason or another. we have a big loving family but one of our family members choose to live in the streets.

Answer 9

a lot of them have dependency issues, some just want to be there because they hate the way society runs, others are crazy, I feel bad for them, but sometimes cannot help but think that there are ways for them to get out if they want to.

Answer 10

I'VE BEEN THERE. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT EACH IS A SPECIAL CASE. BUT FOR MOST OF THEM IT'S A CHOICE. I GOT OUT AND TURNED MY LIFE AROUND. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF CARPET BAGGIER ALSO.