homeless people ,,,,
i have watched a few docs on homeless people ,,, and to be honest i would never hand out money to any homeless person,,, for several reasons best known to myself ,,but the bigger question is why are people homeless ,,, to which there are lots of reasons ,,,
and next the age range of homeless people ,,as it differs quite a lot ,,
so from the docs that i have watched including docs that have been interviews with all age ranges ,,
the following is what i saw,,
the young homeless people cover two main types ,,,the first are either alcohol or drug abuse ,where the family have had enough of them and kicked them out for making their own lives a misery ,,and these are the ones that just do not give a dam about anyone or anything except for them selves,but will always play the poor me card ,,
then you have the other youngsters who have left abusive homes or parents seeking a better life with out a plan of action and go couch surfing and the like until people have enough of them and tell them to move on,,
then you have the mid range age group ,that come from relationship break ups loss of job or just bad debts ,,this group also includes families with young kids in tow ,these are mostly eviction people and this group is going to grow at a alarming rate once moratorium ends ..
the oldest group has the biggest problems , mental health being a major contribution , no jobs and no job prospects ,and no family support ,drug and alcohol abuse ,these are the lost souls with little hope of a future ,,
homeless people live in motel rooms mainly families on what support they get ,the mid range tend to live in cars or vans as these still have jobs as such but never enough money to get out of the rut ,
the older generation are found in skid row if they are drug or alcohol dependant and in tent cities if they are not , tent city homeless people due to mental health problems cause more problems by piling up junk and trash all over, and that is why they kept moving on due to clean ups,
homeless hostels and shelters are not the safest of places probably the most dangerous ,
,,,this is a world wide problem that has never been solved surely with todays technology there must be a answer ,,but the truth is there will never be a answer ,,because you can only help people that want to help themselves ,sadly it is just another way of life or should that be a way of existing
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You will make no profit if you go with empty hand.
- Omar Khayyam
I have the greatest empathy for homeless people but it is getting hard to differentiate between the genuine person on the street or the con person. of which there are now many.
As you say this is a huge problem across the World and I guess could get worse due to the current ongoing issues of mass unemployment etc.
I try to assist by offering food and a hot drink rather than money which most people have been grateful for. Unfortunately some local Councils want to ignore the problem which just makes matters worse. I know of one area where the seats in the Public Gardens were fitted with a centre piece to deter people sleeping on them. Fortunately there was a protest and they were removed.
I'm pretty certain most people would prefer a decent roof over their head than a cardboard box.
I try to assist by offering food and a hot drink rather than money which most people have been grateful for.
if you want to see a real eye opener ,,just have a look at slab city on youtube ,,then you will see the answer to that problem ,,
Can't agree with you on the stealing part, only a minority of homeless in my experience are thieves.
This is a thought provoking read.
Many young people, and even 40 year olds, still live at home with their parents.
In Germany, where I used to live, most had houses big enough to accommodate the whole family.
In Japan, from what I've heard, they have a granny flat for the mother.
reminded me of slab city ,, and slab city is now happening in every american city ,,social hand outs in america encourage this form of living ,,easy money with no effort involved ,,if the country keeps this up then the usa will be a third world country ,,,