Date: 15th March 2020 To: Ministry of Housing From: Majahad Aljabri Subject: Homeless in Tampa Bay Background of problem The alarming increased rate of homelessness is prevalent in Tampa Bay area (Al-Hakim, 2020). Homelessness refers to the family or individual state of lacking safe, permanent, and adequate nighttime residence. People joining the systems of homelessness for the first time are a contributing factor to the growing homeless populations. The Great Depression became the onset of the chronic homeless issues in Tampa Bay and the whole of the United States continue to struggle with today. During the Great Depression, homelessness was still viewed as an incidental consequence because of men's disparity even though the prevalence in history was marked for homeless ladies. The concentration was majorly on labor unrest, ethnic housing, radical politics as well as New Deal Social policies such as Franklin D. Roosevelt because it led to issues of inequality that resulted in homelessness. Labor unrests, ethnic housing, and radical politics were issues raised by the scholars who researched and studied the gendered public policy characters, the assumptions, and welfare reforms behind the gender wage gap. Homeless women have been treated only incidentally, even this literature. Homelessness has been comprehending narrowly as the displaced men, whether in popular renditions or scholarly of the Great Depression (Hersberger, 2015). First-time homeless people in Tampa Bay continues to rise though patterns of failed housing placement causing recidivism, lack of assisted support with linkage to medical services, including psychiatric assessments, and inadequate social support. The current state in Tampa Bay is experiencing severe problems where low-income earners being unable to afford the expensive high housing (Al-Hakim, 2020). Also, the government, through the national alliance, is currently in stable conditions trying to end homelessness and ensure that individuals from challenged economic-social backgrounds can shift from the city shelters into the prohibitory expensive right shades. Today, residents of New York are forced to spend too much on rent a condition that is continuously making them remain unstable and continue cycling in and out of homelessness. There is an increasing population related to reducing health risks results of homeless people in Tampa Bay. However, only little known about this homogeneous group as well as the differences in the status of health, victimization profiles, and utilization of health services of these homeless women who live in sober and sober residents before their counterparts who live a comfortable life (Hersberger, 2015). Many assumptions have been made about homeless people living in the street shelters in that they have poorly arranged living standards, have no close contact with friends and relatives. In most cases, these women are emotionally distressed, thus being victims of risky behaviors and are closely linked to poor health experience and victimization. As a result, health practitioners need to have an active health arrangement responsibility when it comes to the issue of providing prescriptions and treatment of homeless women. Description of Problem Over time in being in the social service field, there is a void, an underlying issue of resources lacking for the first time homeless people in Tampa Bay (Al-Hakim, 2020). There are limited resources for the first time, homeless people, due to the public policies and eligibility process to servicing the homeless under priority categories. Homeless services as a whole have expanded assistance to both mental health and substance abuse clients but have failed in assisting in the first time homeless people in acquiring swift permanent housing or overall priority assistance to return as a productive member of the community. Consequently, the first time homeless people are subjected to an abundance of obstacles to begin receiving assistance. The barriers are measured from intrusive to tedious questioning during the intake and eligibility process of the homeless system, leaving the newly homeless women lost, exposed, and filled with uncertainties (Hersberger, 2015). This literature will help to present, support, and determine the elements in the homeless system that contributes to the disparity in services for the first time homeless people. Causes of the Problem There were various homelessness reasons, but the major causes were the greed of other people to grab the homes of others and the growing, growing gaps between the underprivileged and the wealthy (Al-Hakim, 2020). Contributing factors to loss of home include job loss, foreclosures, family or personal crisis, unemployment, the rise in rent disproportionate, unemployment, and reduced public health benefits. Other factors include inadequate support to society, substance, and abuse of alcohol, lack of sufficient job skills, mental disorders, the rise in violence amongst families, and previous incarceration. Additionally, homelessness is in rising amongst veterans. In the year 2013, there was an approximate of 15% being rendered homeless. Sexual and domestic violence is the highest cause of homelessness in current times for families and women, and 3050% of all the homeless children and women become homeless after fleeing from domestic violence. Homeless women are prone to domestic violence of all manners as compared to homeless mothers who do not have homes because they lack personal security when living in a shelter or outdoors (Hersberger, 2015). Providers of domestic violence shelters are restricted from reporting client information; therefore, estimates are provided which likely undercount the figures of homeless families and women seeking refuge as a result of violence related to domestic. Impacted Populations Families and women are the greatest affected by homelessness, with 34% being formed families (Al-Hakim, 2020). Of these homeless families, 84% are headed by women or single mothers. African American is most affected by the homeless women at about 43%. Lack of education is associated with being homeless, with about 53% of the homeless mothers having a low level of education. The shortage of affordable housing and poverty are significant problems affecting homeless mothers. Many adolescents are involved in conflicts related to sexual orientation with their parents or guardians flee from their home resulting in homelessness. Gay, bisexuals, lesbians, transgender, and youth represent 20% of the homeless youth. Sixty-five percent of transgender young people and homeless people attempt to commit suicide in their lifetime (Hersberger, 2015). Among gay, bisexual, lesbians and transgender who are exposed to domestic violence, 58% become homeless due to local related issues. References Al-Hakim, M. (2020). Removing the Condition of Homelessness. In The Ethics of Homelessness: Philosophical Perspectives (pp. 448-467). Brill Rodopi. Hersberger, J. (2015). The homeless and information needs and services. Reference & User Services Quarterly, 44(3), 199-202.
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