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Homelessness In The United States

According to an article in the New York Times magazine, about thirty-three percent of the United States population is homeless. I was astonished to read this article, that one-third of the population is homeless. It brought memories of the young man who has probably around the age of twenty-sevens, I met outside a gym building and asked me for some change. At the time, I did not have any money on me to give, so I felt bad. When I got home, I was thinking about him, being homeless at that age. So I did some research on why it is important to solve the homelessness problem in the United States. My findings led me to believe that, If the homelessness problem is not solved or at least moderated, it would lead to more aggressive panhandling, crimes, and spread of diseases.

Some homeless people are forced to panhandle stranger just to make it through the day.
Homeless people panhandle in different locations, such private businesses, public places, and residential areas. These activities are having an adverse effect on those locations. For example, private businesses will lose customers due to the aggressive panhandling. Public places such as libraries, the museum will also experience increased acts of panhandling. Residential areas also see more homeless people coming there to panhandle. The way to stop panhandling is providing more shelter and others programs that will help homeless people to get jobs and eventually become independent. Also, another problem is that of crimes.

Crimes such as robberies, physical fights among the homeless people, and illegal drug use are increasing. Robberies would increase as homeless people rob citizens and they are also victimized by younger criminals in a city where the crime rates are very high. Due to the fact that many shelters are over capacity, Many homeless people have no choice but to be outside. Being out there with no jobs, and no housing could affect homeless people adversely. So they start using illegal drugs for relief, and which makes them become drug addicts. Physical fights will increase and lead to deaths. As they struggle for territory and little resources. In addition to these problems, there are also health issues.

Diseases among homeless people can be easily transmitted to other people through water, air, and sex. Waterborne diseases will be transmitted through water fountains in public places. To reduce the spreading of these diseases, it is necessary to teach homeless people about the benefit of good hygiene. There are airborne diseases which will be transmitted in places such the subway and libraries. To prevent these disease from spreading, health officials should make sure that all homeless people are vaccinated. In addition, sexually transmitted diseases will be spread through reckless sexual activities. To address this problem homeless people should be provided and about the proper use of condoms. The public must also be informed about the danger of reckless sexual.

Aggressive panhandling, crimes, and disease will increase if the homeless problem in the United States is not solved or at least moderated. Communities will need to join together in order to help solve this problem.