Homelessness in an Urban Environment

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Homelessnessin anUrban Environment
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The Problem

• The main problem is permanent housing
• revamping the homelessness system
• Health Care for Homeless
• Jobs for Homeless
• Current homeless programs are expensive

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The Causes

• The main cause is unaffordable housing
• Lack of decent education
• Mental illnesses
• Substance abuse
• lack of incentives to work

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The Facts

• Each year 100,000 new Yorkers experience
  homelessness.
• The cost of sheltering a homeless family in the
  new York city shelter system is 36,000 per year,
  while the cost for a homeless individual is
  23,000 per year.
• Over 60 percent of homeless families previously
  resided in four of new York citys poorest
  neighborhoods (the south Bronx, Harlem,
  Bedford-Stuyvesant, and east new York).
• The number of homeless new Yorkers residing in
  shelters each night is at the highest point in
  new York citys history.

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Non-solutions

• Current Homeless Programs
• Temporary shelters / housing
• Abolishing of homeless programs

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The Solution

• Utilize funding in a more cost-efficient method
• Provide homeless with permanent housing
• Provide homeless with job training
• Assist homeless in finding health care
• Assist homeless in finding a home
• Reinstating homeless into society