|
A community of people who love to write
The easiest domain name (Note the .ORG) - Absolutely Free! |
Home | Submit Articles | Login |
| ALL Categories | HEALTH | EDUCATION | FINANCE | TECH | WOMEN | ENTERTAINMENT | TRAVEL | |||
Homelessness - The growing problem of homeless peopleBY: chitracs | Category: Family | Post Date: 2008-10-17
The statistics say that about 100 million people in the world are homeless now. What is meant by homelessness? The people those who don't have a housing accommodation may have to take shelter in a public or private place. This state may not provide the facilities a normal home provides such as place for cooking, sleeping and performing other household works. Some people may keep on moving from place to place daily, as they get temporary place only as shelter. Sometimes people having mental disorder may come out from the family unknowingly and remain as homeless. The people having addiction to bad habits like alcohol, drug and other things, may themselves leave the home or the family members may send them out. The domestic violence also makes many people as homeless. Sometimes, due to rain or some other natural calamity, the temporary housing structure made them may fall, making the persons living there homeless. In some families, when the spouse dies, the surviving person may be sent out, as the other family members could not look after that person or they may not like to take the burden. Some people may get poor income or no income to maintain family and they may not be able to pay house rent. At that time, he and his family have to stay in some place. The declining wages have put many people in homeless condition. The job opportunities created may not give job to all categories of jobseekers. The economic growth benefits some categories of people only and the condition of many people remain unchanged, leaving them as homeless. The increase in house rent is another problem which makes many as homeless. Some people may lose job suddenly and they may not be able to spend for house rent. Some others due to illness or accident, may have to spend a huge amount towards medical expenses. In such occasions, these people vacate the rented house and come to streets in search of free accommodation, which make them homeless. The common people may be frightened of homeless people, as they may not be aware of the background. They may not have belief or they may suspect them. So, they may not come forward to extend any help. How to solve the problem of homelessness? The Government and voluntary organizations should come forward to extend help to those who are homeless. By making arrangements for a job, the concerned person will come up from poverty and find a livelihood. He may improve his status and get ready to pay house rent and meet other household expenses. The common people may also take part in this movement. The house owners may let out the house for low rent to the homeless persons. The welfare measures taken should reach those who are in need. The housing assistance should be provided to the people who are branded as homeless in the form of housing loan to those who get standard income and have got capacity for repayment of loan. For others, the housing units may be built for low income people and they may be accommodated there for cheap rent. The quick housing arrangements should be made for those who wait for a long time as per the waiting lists. When a person has got little income, first priority should be given for food for himself and other family members. Then only, he could think about other things. When the basic needs are fulfilled, he could think about moving to a rented house with family. The survey should be taken regarding homeless people and help them to get a home. For the persons who are alone and left homeless, accommodation in old age homes or orphanages should be arranged. Many people bury themselves in their own problems and refuse to think about others. This attitude should change. We are in a society. We should take care of the people in our society. Whenever we get an opportunity to help others, we should do it. The media could help a lot by showing the methods by which the common people could take part in the movement of helping the homeless. The homeless people are really unfortunate. We should learn to react well to the situation and help them. Definitely, everybody can help to fight for driving out homelessness from the world. Article Source: http://www.saching.com About Author / Additional Info: I am a freelance writer writing articles, short stories, poems and tips for magazines and many of my works are published in magazines. I am getting appreciation from known and unknown people also. I have won many prizes while studying in school and college. I want to improve my writing talent. Hence, I wish to submit articles through this website. I get appreciation from many unknown people via this website. External Ref (100 million figure) http://ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=28086 Additional Articles: * Speech Persuasion Through Conversational Hypnosis - Learn Hypnosis * Benefits of Drinking Tea - Why people drink Tea? * Remembering: Reflection of world issues with the connection with sports * Eat balanced diet: Fiber for healthy living * The advantages of growing rose plants from cuttings Does this article violate or infringe on your copyright ? It is a violation of our terms for authors to submit content which they did not write and claim it as their own. If this article infringes on your copyrights, then use our Contact us form with the detailed proof of infringement along with the offending article's title, URL and writer name. If you do not hear back from us then contact us again in another 10 days. Thank you. Comments on this article: (0 comments so far) * Additional comments are now closed for this article *
Article Views: 5620 
Copyright © 2010 saching.com - Do not copy articles from this website. Important Disclaimer: All articles on this website are for general information only and is not a professional or experts advice. We do not own any responsibility for correctness or authenticity of the information presented in this article, or any loss or injury resulting from it. We do not endorse these articles, we are neither affiliated with the authors of these articles nor responsible for their content. Please see our disclaimer section for complete terms. |
| Home | Disclaimer | Xhtml |