The answer I found surprised me.
Most common reasons for houselessness:
- Domestic and family violence (22%)
- Eviction/previous accommodation ended (11%)
- Relationship/family breakdown (11%)
- Financial Difficulty (10%)
- Drug and alcohol addiction (9%)
Although I'm more then sure there are people out there homeless from the bad reasons I have listed above, that is not the over all case. Some how I have seemed to over looked these people in our society and viewed them in there minority instead of there majority.
On a given night, an estimated 672,000 people experience homelessness. This means 22 out of every 10,000 people are homeless in America. 42% of those 672,000 are unsheltered (meaning they live on the streets or in other forms of shelter not meant for human habitation), while 58% are living in shelters or transitional housing. 37% of the homeless are people in family units, while 63% are individual adults. The most common makeup of a homeless family is a mother with one or two children. This certainly goes against the image of homelessness most perceive; we’ve noticed that people typically picture the homeless as a single male standing on the street corner, not a single mom with kids in tow.
IN AMERICA!
What have we been doing?
Tonight I have had a reality check, and am dreaming up ways to help my brothers and sisters in need.
We are a generation called to be different, let's not look over the people that so many before us have.
Let's reach the lost, love the unloved, and help the forgotten... Let's show this world the good new's let's show them our mighty God, our Savior, our Redeemer, let's show them the way to The Man of our Salvation!
"We love because he first loved us."1 Josh 4:19.
I love ALL people,
-Shellby Celeste
"Facts and Numbers taken from google/wikipedia"
