I.

Introduction

a)

The Homeless situation has become increasingly disturbing in the past

twenty-five years. At this point, we as citizens must find a way to address this growing concern before its too late. We can start by looking at several alternatives; first we will address the history, its objectives, and any information positive or negative that can shed some light on dealing with this conflict; it will also address homelessness from the perspectives of distributive, commutative, and retributive justice.

II.

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a)

The homeless conditions started sometime in the 1870s. In England, the

first mission was established in 1872 to assist the number of homeless. There has always been assistance from people displaced or simply hungry; churches and libraries were among those places that would assist. The end of the civil war caused many families to become homeless, the name given to these misplaced people were called hobohemia. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, people would travel the migrant trial in search of work to provide for their families; some families would travel together because of the loss of their homes and property. After the Great Depression, between 1960 and 1970 congress passed laws that put more people in the streets after they were removed from mental facilities. Many of the homeless people are associated

with drugs and alcohol, this makes it difficult for these people to receive adequate living conditions because of the element associated with drug and alcohol abuse, because New York has a large population of homeless people the majority of them live in the Bowery (http://www.npach.org/americanhistory-of-homeless.html). What makes this situation unpleasant is there are policies in place that make it harder for these people to be placed. b) Today we face so many negative challenges, global conflict, no jobs,

higher education cost and the never ending story of poverty in the United States. This epidemic does not affect a certain group, we all feel it; all age groups, ethnicity, and religion (http://www.studentagainsthunder.org/page/hhp/overview-homeless-america). According to this article, there is as much as 13% of the population that is experiencing poverty; along with that figure, there are a large amount of homeless that sleep under bridges, in parks and if some are blessed to have an automobile they have the security of shelter (http://www.studentagainsthunder.org/page/hhp/overview-homeless-america). Homelessness does not attract a certain kind of person; homeless people come from all works of life. For instance, 35% are families with children; 23% veterans; along with 25% who are under the age of 18. The problem with the under 18, is a serious problem because these children have no one to turn to for assistance and what will happen to the majority of these children without the proper care and education is they will turn to illegal activities such as stealing, or robbing. Many young women and some young men turn to selling

their bodies in order to survive. Others involved in domestic violence make up 35% and the other 20-25% are mental and suffer some form of illness with no aid from to improve their mental stability (http://www.studentagainsthunder.org/page/hhp/overview-homeless-america). The most serve problem facing the homeless problem are homes, the economic condition surrounding our nation has a grip on affordable housing, not only contributing to that factor is the earning potential of the average family. According to the National Low Income Housing Coalition, the average family would need at least 15.00 dollars an hour to sustain a consistent two bedroom apartment and utilities. In the article, Hunger and Homelessness it uses West Virginia as an example of the lowest rental state in this country and a person would need to earn at least three times the minimum wage in order to afford a two bedroom apartment (http://www.studentagainsthunder.org/page/hhp/overview-homeless-america), the President is looking to raise the minimum wage from 7.25 an hour to 9.00 an hour, but of course he is getting resistance from the other party, this would give consumers more spending power and able to afford food and make rent without having to make choices of whether to eat are pay rent. c) d) e) III. Body Paragraph 2 a) b) c)

IV.

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V.

Conclusion a) .

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