Homelessness is a heartbreaking because although it exists it does not have to. Liebow expresses his various views and theories on homelessness after the time spent with the women. A thought of his is that the term homelessness is truly just a “lack of housing”, because the women in the shelter have the same qualities that other women do just do not have a home. Through his book he also shared his belief on the amount of stereotyping society has created for the people that are homeless. They categorize them as jobless, drug addicts, alcoholics, and other such factors. Even though various of them do match to one or more of them, there is no consisting association that ties them to homelessness. Numerous amounts of the people who fit those categories actually have homes, jobs, and so forth. If a homeless individual ever gets a home, they may still be without a job, diabled, or still addicted to substances. This is why Liebow makes a recognizable inference that there is not any necessary correlation between these stereotypical categories and homelessness. He believes that from job employment to the refuges themselves, society is the one who has been unsuccessful.
When the economic and political systems are based on private ownership for profit rather than for the people then the government is the one who must take some kind of action to be more of an aid for these people. Not only is there economic inequality but social as well. This social injustice can be looked further upon to the
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On top of that, ethnicity, age, and other factors also play a role in how high or low you are in the ladder. Liebow tries to show how all these contributing issues are what pile up and give these homeless women less of a chance to ever