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How Does Homelessness Affect The World

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Homelessness Effect on the World
“The holidays are a rough time for the homeless, but it's a year-round problem we have to solve.” said Mike Binder. Homeless people should not be treated as “nonhumans” and the government should make sure everyone has a sheltered home, whether it is a group home, a cheap apartment, or another arrangement. People have to live out on the streets with no actual shelter and yet for the only place they can sleep, in their car, on a bench, etc., they get arrested for it. Also, many students are becoming homeless, year after year. Some homeless people live out on the streets because they can not afford the cost of a house/apartment rent, homelessness is spreading within schools leaving students nowhere to live, and …show more content…

Statistics show the Times analysis found that officers arrested 14,000 homeless people in the city as of 2016, and a 31% increase of it over 2011 (Holland). Holland says in 2011, 1 in 10 arrests citywide were homeless people and in 2016 it was 1 in 6. In Los Angeles, tickets are given to homeless people for doing something they can not do according to the “quality of life” laws (Holland). Therefor, “quality of life” laws in Los Angeles keep people from living in their car(s), a public sidewalk, public bench, etc (Holland). Los Angele uses these laws because it is a way to convince homeless people into shelters or other services the government may or may not provide for them (Holland). So in other words, some of the government’s intentions to help homeless people are good in the long run. Along with the ticket comes a fee, and if the people don’t pay the fee, they could have to go to jail (Holland). The ticket fees range from $100 to $300 or more (Holland). These people getting arrested for sleeping or living in their car isn’t fair for them because it is that person’s car that they own. Sleeping on a public sidewalk is understandable to be not permitted because it is public property, but sleeping/living in something that is private property to that person, such as their car, is a little

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