World Hunger and Poverty

Homelessness causes a lot of problems. For one, it greatly contributes to the poverty cycle because children who grow up homeless will not learn the skills or have the opportunities that they need to avoid poverty as adults. Of course, most people want to avoid homelessness, which means they may need to waste a lot […]

When talking about homeless people, many people do not realize that most homeless people are not bums. Most homeless people have jobs or are actively seeking employment. They are generally families made up of a single mother and her children.
However, there are bums. And the problem with them is very different than with other […]

In the forums, modric has asked, What do you do when homeless people ask for money?
Do you give them money? Do you ignore them? Do you think giving them a little money helps? Answer these questions at the following URL:
http://millionsofmouths.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=81
It’s completely free, and all viewpoints are welcome.

Have you ever been homeless? If so, please tell us about it and consider answering these questions about being homeless for a school project at the following URL:
http://millionsofmouths.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=259
To answer the questions, you will need to register and log in at the forums. It’s completely free, and all viewpoints are welcome. Please do it, as the […]

Gentrification plays a major role in poverty. Basically, gentrification refers to removing poor people from their homes usually by purchasing the building and replacing low-cost apartments with high-priced luxury apartments with tough application procedures. This most often happens in cities, where demand exists for both high-priced and low-priced apartments, in that cities tend to have […]

An August 8th Boston Globe editorial explored the idea of a future without homelessness. I include an excerpt:
WE DON’T have to study homelessness,” state Representative Byron Rushing says of a new state commission that he proposed to address the issue; good research is already available.
Instead, the commission has to answer two questions. What kind of […]

Amy Reinink recently reported about, no kidding, using soccer to solve homelessness. I include an excerpt:
The teams are built upon the premise that physical activity can help alcoholics and other substance-abusers stay sober, and that the structure of team practices and the accomplishment of working toward a goal can give a life new shape - […]

Terry Cline, administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration in Washington, had the following to say about homelessness:
“Each year some 2 to 3 million individuals experience a night of homelessness, and approximately 800,000 people are homeless in the United States on any given night.”
“By raising awareness about effective homelessness prevention and intervention […]

Florence Graves and Hadar Sayfan recently wrote about “housing first,” a new approach to end homelessness. I include an excerpt:
In the past, society’s approach to homeless people with chronic health problems such as addiction has been governed by tough love: Stay in treatment, or you don’t get the opportunity for publicly supported housing. People who […]

Ron Harris reports that veterans who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are increasingly showing up homeless at shelters and agencies across the nation. I include an excerpt:
As the nearly 1.5 million military personnel who have been deployed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continue to return home, more are expected to join […]