Homelessness in America
Homelessness In America The Stewart McKinney Act of 1987 defines a homeless person as one who lacks a fixed permanent nighttime residence, or whose nighttime residence is a temporary shelter, welfare hotel or any public or private place not designated as sleeping accommodations for human beings. ... In the early 1980’s homelessness was determined to be a major problem in the United States. ... According to the Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, homelessness in America has several causes. ... The mainstreaming of institutionalized mental patients is another reason for homelessness. ... The most recent cause of homelessness in the United States is the feminization of poverty. ... An additional reason for so little being known about the homeless that homelessness is a such a controversial issue that many of the interviewers are biased and base the findings of their interviews on personal beliefs. ... We want to think of America the beautiful, not America the country with 800,000 people that have no roof over their heads. ... The root cause of homelessness is society itself. In order to combat the homelessness problem society must quit taking a blind eye to the issue. ... We should realize that society, as whole is to blame for the homelessness situation and refrain from placing the blame on the individual.