I'm doing a documentary for school; how much money is required to wipe out poverty, or homelessness?

Question

I'm doing a documentary for school; how much money is required to wipe out poverty, or homelessness?

Answer 1

hi I can not give you a dollar amount because money helps but to end poverty witch can lead to homelessness or homelessnes can lead to poverty (eating from convenience stores etc.is very expensive(unless you steal) or trying to keep from being arrested for loittering is also expensive)  to end the situation first the person must be able to accept and second understand what caused it to happen then a plan must be developed and followed to allow proper growth and development of the ability to deal with money the responsibility it brings and the reward money just given to someone unable to handle it will just quickly fly away

Answer 2

$6?

Answer 3

The only way to wipe out poverty is to improve national output for all nations, which requires substantial education; reduce corruption globally, and to secure private property rights.  Do those three things and you get rid of poverty planet wide.

It is impossible to determine what it would take to do these three things, but it is doable in probably three generations.

Homelessness is a different problem.  Part of the problem is a lack of sufficient insurance to protect the weakest members of society from natural misfortune such as illness.  The other problem, and this is insurmountable, is that some people cannot fit into society either by choice or mental illness and so could not or would not keep a home even if it was given to them.

Answer 4

The problem with trying to solve social problems is that much more than money is needed to get to the root cause of the situation. Read the whole article on this website. It should get you on the right path.

This is from the site listed below. http://www.camillushouse.org/camillus_re...

" Homelessness and poverty are inextricably linked. People who are poor are frequently unable to pay for housing, food, child care, 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. Being poor means being an illness, an accident, or a paycheck away from living on the streets.

In 2000, 11.3% of the U.S. population, or 31.1 million people, lived in poverty (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2001). While the number of poor people has decreased a bit in recent years, the number of people living in extreme poverty has increased. In 2000, 39% of all people living in poverty had incomes of less than half the poverty level. This statistic remains unchanged from the 1999 level. Forty percent of persons living in poverty are children; in fact, the 2000 poverty rate of 16.2% for children is significantly higher than the poverty rate for any other age group.

Declining wages have put housing out of reach for many workers: in every state, more than the minimum wage is required to afford a one- or two-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent.  In Miami – Dade county a family needs to work 126 hours a week at minimum wage in order to afford a moderately priced two bedroom apartment.  

In 1970 there were 300,000 more affordable housing units available, nationally, than there were low-income households who needed to rent them.  By 1995, there were 4.4 million fewer available units than low-income households who needed to rent them. "