Does community resources and governmental policies meet the needs of the Homeless?

Answer 1

so long as help is offered on conditions that is no help at all....

when western governments create policies they do so with western societal standards, values and morals as the framework. People who do not fit these all too neat little boxes then can not benefit from the policies. So the policies are in fact made for a small group of people who fit the boxes.

When homeless people are the ones making government policy for the homeless then we will see real progress.

Community resources are all too often controlled by a small group of well-meaning but misguided figures who like earning brownie points for the heareafter but who in reality have never been homeless themselves and have little if any understanding of the complex nature of being homeless...

There are people who are homeless by choice for a myriad of reasons and this group of people should not be ignored or treated any differently simply because they choose to be homeless. They too have ideas, hopes, dreams, fears, hurts, and when they are cut they too bleed red blood... They too should be directly involved in making the policies that relate to them directly.

I would repeat that help that is conditional is no help at all it is plain and simple manipulation.... "My way or the highway".... so homeless people will choose the highway... simply because it is what they know and where they feel safest and in most control.

Not everyone wants or needs to live in a permanent place of abode. Not everyone wants or needs to live their life like others would dictate to them.

But everyone has a voice. Everyone has a story. Everyone has a heart. Everyone has choice.

Answer 2

Not according to what I read in the paper.

It's very subjective, depending on what we believe really are needs, and varies greatly from one individual to another. My brother slept in the park for a while and says it was the best time of his life.

There are lots of excellent community resources and helpful government policies out there, but many of these folks' needs cannot be met without outreach programs that are often lacking. Sans outreach, the most needy remain ignorant of, or unable to access, the resources available.

Answer 3

YES. But homeless people do not want help. They want to drink, smoke, and panhandle. They cannot do these things when the community helps them. So they do not want help, only handouts with NO restrictions.

Answer 4

Yes: if they do suppport all " Orginizations " in which it take
some "Communities to bring more "Groups as Volunteers"
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