Poverty & Homelessness – Resolving Poverty

Poverty: the state of being extremely poor.

ORIGIN

Homeless: the state of having no home; (of a person) without a home, and therefore typically living on the streets.

The difference between poverty and homelessness

Poverty is an underlying cause of homelessness. The circumstances of poverty that can lead a person to become homeless include: having little money, debt, a lack of education, poor mental and physical health, disability, reliance on public housing, living in sub-standard accommodation and social exclusion, etc. (source).

Homelessness and poverty are inextricably linked. Poor people are frequently unable to pay for housing, food, childcare, health care, and education. Difficult choices must be made when limited resources cover only some of these necessities. Often it is housing, which absorbs a high proportion of income that must be dropped. If you are poor, you are essentially an illness, an accident, or a paycheck away from living on the streets. (source).

What is poverty?

Quite simply, poverty is a line. A line separating all Americans by one measurement: income. Those who earn over a certain threshold live above the poverty line; those with greater financial challenges live in poverty. For those living in poverty, life’s everyday hardships create a constant struggle to survive. (source).

Poverty also has a profound impact on a person’s health and well-being. A strong body of evidence highlights poverty as a key influence for adverse outcomes in children’s health and well-being in their first 1,000 days.

POVERTY COMES IN MANY FORMS
Body. When you’re hungry and cold.
Mind. When you don’t have an education.
Opportunity. When every door seems closed.

How are poverty and homelessness linked?

Homelessness is one of the most extreme manifestation of poverty. There is both national and international evidence that highlights the link between poverty and homelessness. (source).

Poverty is an underlying cause of homelessness. The circumstances of poverty that can lead a person to become homeless include: having little money, debt, a lack of education, poor mental and physical health, disability, reliance on public housing, living in sub-standard accommodation and social exclusion, etc. (source).

Homelessness and poverty are inextricably linked. Poor people are frequently unable to pay for housing, food, childcare, health care, and education. Difficult choices must be made when limited resources cover only some of these necessities. Often it is housing, which absorbs a high proportion of income that must be dropped. If you are poor, you are essentially an illness, an accident, or a paycheck away from living on the streets. (source).

Sources From All Over

One is suggested to read as many articles as one wishes, in direct relation to one’s yearning to wholesomely understand the subject of homelessness and poverty at large. Each article touches upon the topic as articulated by experts and the studies conducted. Detailed specifics, analysis, and conclusive evaluations are elaborated furthermore in the longer articles thereby providing inferences and directive notions therein.

The embedded videos and article links serve as primary sources, and have been included for the optional purpose of viewership and evidence-based observation, and/or a fuller articulation in context of the information already provided within the text on this website.

The purpose of this website is not to persuade but to provide a multi-faceted synopsis of modern-day research by experts (ranging from professors to social workers, entrepreneurs to academicians and writers, to publishers and many more, including folks with direct experiences in homelessness) regarding homelessness and it’s history – past, present, and future – in terms of the variables and theories at play, and most relevant, for alleviating it’s effects and impact upon individuals, families, communities, and the world at large.

Bright highlights in shades of orange green yellow pink point to insights and pro/for statements concurrent with the opinion(s) of experts on the topic homelessness and and it’s means of resolution.

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*All original sources provided below were published between the years of 2011 and 2019.

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