What prevents the homeless people to move up in status?

Question

whatever you feel please write it down here..

Answer 1

All homeless people don't stay homeless. My husband was put out on the streets as a teenager due to horrible circumstances beyond his control. It was rough as h**l but his desire and will to be the best person he could be with what he was given is how he made it out.  Then in '93, five years after we were married,  we lost our home and nearly our lives due to circumstances beyond our control. But through sheer will, trust in each other and the desire to do the best we could with what we were given one day at a time is how we found our way out. I think the ones that stay homeless either do not have the mental capacity to care, are too lazy to work, or they choose to be homeless.  Where there is a will there is a way.

Answer 2

ancestors of most of us might have been poor... we prosper by doing hard work, sincerity and firm determination...

there is no short-cuts for progress... it takes generations to elevate our status from scratch...

one should start the long, struggling and painful journey... right now...

Answer 3

Homeless people often suffer from mental illnesses such as depression and have come from disadvantaged backgrounds. In some cases this poverty means that their condition cannot be treated and in some cases becomes atagnisitic to their families who are already suffering from poverty. These processes lead to a long course of developmental problems such as lack of education etc.

When they eventually do become homeless this becomes an even bigger problem. Also they lack food resources and loose social and other skills. knowing all this consider the barriers to the homeless. Drugs are often involve but rarely are they not symptomatic of underlying poverty and personal problems

To status:

They arent socialised in any of the things people talk about

They dont have a useful skill that people might consider status worthy

people are prejudiced against the homeless(often branding them all as druggies and junkies and deserving)

to gettin a job

They havent got a proper education or qualifications

They have lost out on important social skills as well

They are malnurished, they might not have good clothes, paper to print a cv on, poorer linguistic skills.

Answer 4

Usually people are homeless due to circumstances out of their control. Then there are people who have just gone crazy, those who walked out on bad situations with nowhere to go, or those who just walked out the door and forgot where they lived or who they were, etc. Heavy drug use is also a common cause for homelessness. If you no longer have a home and if it's due to lack of money for rent or whatever, it's probably due to lack of having a job. With no home or address, it's hard to get a job. Even if you can get one, will it be enough to pay rent plus deposit to move somewhere? If you don't have a job then a place will not want to rent to you. It's a bad cycle which is hard to break. In order for a sound-minded homeless person to "move up in status," they need a set of lucky breaks. A job, a place to stay or government/state help and support, money to save to use as a deposit to get a place, and a strong desire to change the circumstances. However, every homeless person has a different story and a different set of needs to get back into society.

Answer 5

Generally it's attitude.  Not very often has it to do with economic plight.

Answer 6

Homeless people are usually addicted to various substances, or have mental illnesses.  They have no real material value with which to use as bargaining chips to work themselves up socially.  

In American society we value people of worth:

homeowners, self-employed, trustworthy people, businessmen, basically people who can stand on their own two feet and not have to depend on others.  Homeless people are the exact opposite of our American values.

I woudl say:  yes, we do tend to ignore their needs.  If a person is not willing to fix his own situation, why should I be expected to care about him?

Answer 7

I think homelessness is like a cycle. When you are born homeless, this is what becomes the "normal" for you. You have to think at a different level from what you've grown up with to get out of it. I think education and experience and open-mindedness will get you out of the cycle.

Answer 8

People aren't typically randomly homeless.  The same things they did that lowered their status to homelessness are the things that keep them from improving that status.

I think addiction is probably the biggest thing.  Addictions cause people to lose their jobs, spend all their money, and get evicted.