Whos Fault is it????

Question

i am writing a paper on whos fault it is that people are homeless i would like to know some of your veiws any one that could help me out on some web sites would be great thanks

Answer 1

Here's my view : It would be my decision to be homeless, not my fault. I understand that anyone of us has the chance of being Displaced at any given time, by any number of scenarios. Natural disaster, Economic disaster, or any other means, can cause displacement. It's what you do when faced with such losses that count. Blame it on someone or something?, or pick yourself up and use what got you this far to get back on your horse? I've been wiped out and started over three times in my life, and I'll be damned if I'm going to lay down if it happens again.

So as a direct answer.....if there is a need to use the word "Fault"........... if you are displaced and "remain" homeless...it's a "Fault" in your character that lets you give up.

Ponder this....illegal immigrants displace themselves by choice, and a very minuscule number of them are "homeless".

Eric...Way to own it ! An answer to be respected

Answer 2

There was a time in my early twenties that I was homeless, would stay a few days with friends, hook up with a lady for a few days and slept in my car. This went on for a few months. Fault was all my own, looking back at it now, but that would have been my last response at the time - blamed old boss, parents, siblings, government, etc. Basically, I am an addict and was unable to hold onto a job. I did not try to get food stamps or housing, was dealing drugs and stealing for money.

Eventually, got thrown in jail for dealing and got off drugs. Was able to look at my life without the smokescreen of dope in the way and realized it was my OWN FAULT.

Now, twenty some years later, I am a college graduate, husband and father, tax payer and still an addict. Some people can be helped with a hand up, for others, we need to be b i t c h slapped.

There is no point in dwelling on fault, the path is different for everyone. It is which fork in the path people choose to take that define our destiny.

Answer 3

It's everyones' fault why people are homeless. We live in a country where people will go pay $300.00 for a pair of shoes and yet not even try to give a homeless person a sandwich. Why? I can't figure it out. People have said that if money is given, they will use it on drugs. What's wrong with giving food, clothing, a blanket, anything would be better than nothing. How anyone could walk past anyone who is in need, and does nothing, is heartless and cruel. The fault of homeless is the governments. There shouldn't be poor people if there are rich people. That to me is just sick. Greed is the ugliest sin of all. Thank you and may GOD come soon to correct the wrongs that have been done on his earth.

Answer 4

Oh man there are a multitude of possibilities. I was discussing this yesterday with a friend who majored in Sociology and did her internship for a church-run missionary homeless shelter.

In this day and age with the economy the way it is, I think a big "cause" could be lack of money. If you've noticed, most rents(at least in my city and surrounding suburbs) have increased about 25% in the past 5 years, but in that time, the federal min wage has stayed the same and job opportunities have decreased. In fact, MOST utilities and costs of living have increased. There are also a lot more people losing their jobs. People who are living week-to-week on say, a Walmart paycheck, are at risk of facing eviction if one small catastrophe(such as a medical expense) arises. The growing rates of divorce can lead to this too, since many divorcees experience high legal fees, property loss, and/or being "screwed over" financially by the ex-spouse.

Another reason, related to the above reason regarding lack of finances, could be banishment/abandonment by family, roommates, significant other, etc. This can occur if the person is kicked out of say, the parent's house that he lived at, and cannot afford an apartment on his own(due to lack of money, as stated in the first reason). Or, perhaps a girl lives with her boyfriend, the boyfriend turns abusive, and the girl flees from him to protect her safety, but has no friends to turn to and not enough income to afford her own place. This "banishment"(such as a guy getting kicked out of his parents' place) could be due to factors under his control, for example perhaps he angered his parents by having wild parties at their house or refused to find a job at age 27. Or, it could be due to factors NOT within his control, such as parents falsely accusing him of "not looking for a job" when in reality he was but the job market wasn't hiring, or parents that simply want their kid to leave the nest at a certain age. If the banishment is due to factors not within the person's control, then that doesn't say much for the so-called family/friends that banished the person from the residence.

Another reason could be the homeless person's own fault, due to factors including but not limited to: alcohol/drug abuse, laziness, mental illness, etc. Please note that while all of these factors are technically the person's fault in the sense that the person has acted this way, it is not always "their fault" in the sense of it being intended or desired. Some of these things, such as mental illness, cannot be helped. I believe that most of the homeless people fall into this category, although a lot of the sustance abuse and/or mental illness probably results from the other reasons listed above(divorce, not enough money, job loss, etc). After all, being homeless must suck since one is being deprived of both necessities/physical comfort, and being given societal stigma!...I could see where it could drive a person to develop depression or mental illness after some time.

Answer 5

It is society in general's fault... any nation or community that has no safety nets in place to prevent people from slipping through and becoming homeless and incapable of getting back up or help... is at fault.

The following section of this wikipedia article shows some causes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness#Main_causes_of_homelessness

This portion shows some available help for them:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness#Help_for_the_homeless

Be careful about citing wikipedia itself. Look at the sources at the bottom of the page and cite the appropriate ones of those... many professors do not like wikipedia.

Answer 6

many fall into hard times in a whirlwind of bad events i.e. an injury, miss work, lose job, no benefits, no luck finding work and no family to help financially, lose the house/apartment, sleep in car, lose the car (repo man)... it DOES happen and it is sad and even if there is help out there it can be nearly impossible to find it and the depression sets in and devastates you til you can hardly breathe. the shelters are more dangerous than the streets.

many are mental patients with any number of maladies and the simply cant cope when they are released.

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Answer 7

You need to research the dwindling mental health care. In Michigan, they closed the hospitals for the mentally ill and the large majority of the homeless are products of that decision.

Answer 8

Many times its their own fault because of bad choices. Drugs, alcohol, violent temper, mental illness or laziness are a few reasons.

Answer 9

It's practically every body's fault, except the people that are homeless. I'd mostly say the government for kicking them out of their homes.

Answer 10

it can be anyones fault, it could be from lack of jobs, lack of housing, there are more reasons than that, but it could be the Minister, Senator, President, Prime Minister, even the homeless person, but it could be just about anyones fault. ask a homeless person or your senator/minister. you'll get better answers from them, or even your public housing section.