2007-11-13 06:05:41 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The major reasons and causes for homelessness as documented by many reports and studies include:[26][27][28]
Lack of affordable housing
Substance abuse and lack of needed services
Mental illness and lack of needed services
Domestic violence
Poverty, caused by many factors
Prison release and re-entry into society
Lack of affordable healthcare
Natural Disaster
2007-11-13 06:08:35 · update #1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness#Main_causes_of_homelessness
2007-11-13 06:08:49 · update #2
The government has taken many of them off the streets. They've been imprisoned. That's much easier than giving these people the treatment they need. The problem is when they are released the cycle starts all over. Just imagine what we could do to rehabilitate these people with the money being wasted in Iraq. History will judge the greatness of America by how it treated its weakest citizens.
2007-11-13 06:16:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
The statistics for drug addiction (at least in women) is in the 80% who have been domestically or sexually abused become some type of addict to mask the pain. I am not saying they should be allowed to be criminals by no means but should get one chance to rehab in order to change their lives around. The first mistake in a recovering is that they get clean but do not go back to fix the problem that got them started using in the first place. Without that they will fail.
2016-05-22 23:46:51 · answer #2 · answered by julianne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the government should be involve in this. It is a problem that should be addressed along, with a lot of other very serious problem we have. Our traditionals religions seem to not be tuned into reality enough, to really motivate and inspire people, to make a difference in this world morally, when it comes to real issues in the real world. Sacrifice, in order to overcome problem does have some discomfort, including having to give up on some of our over indulging and excessive materialism, in order to invest time, money, and effort, to deal effectively with our problems in this world.
2007-11-13 06:24:24 · answer #3 · answered by astrogoodwin 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Deregulation (by the state & federal governments) released a lot of these people onto the street to begin with.
And yes, the government should be in the "serving its people" business.
2007-11-13 06:20:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. It is not the job or function of the government to prevent us from hurting ourselves, nor to provide for us our every basic need.
There is a place for charity in our society, but it should come from charitable agencies or churches, not the government.
2007-11-13 06:13:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
If they want help I think that is a great idea.
2007-11-13 06:12:32 · answer #6 · answered by Kaliko 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋