Homeless: What Has Been Done To Decrease The Problem?

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Term Paper Title	Homeless: What Has Been Done To Decrease The Problem?
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Homeless: What Has Been Done To Decrease The Problem?

Homeless: What Has Been Done To Decrease The Problem?

One of the largest growing concerns in Toronto is the constantly increasing
number of citizens who are finding themselves living on the streets.  With the
decrease in the number of available jobs, the population of homeless people has
literally boomed. My questions are not as simple to answer as they may appear.
Why is a large portion of our community forced to live on the streets?  What has
be done to decrease the problem?  These are the questions I will confront in my
essay.

With the economical wealth attributed to the name "Canada", one would have to
wonder why there is a homeless situation at all. This problem is especially
evident in Canada's wealthiest city, Toronto.  When it comes to the affairs of
the people, it is the government who should intervene.  When I look at what the
government has done with regard to the homeless problem, I have to doubt that
everything is being done to eradicate it.  The United Nations implemented a
universal declaration of human rights.  Article 25 Section 1 of this declaration
states:

Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well
being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing, and
medical care and necessary social services, and to the right to security in the
event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack
of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

This is a step in the right direction.  However, this is not enough.  These
rights are subject to the discretion of the government of the country who
decides to obey these universal rights.  How much is "adequate"?

The government, both at the federal and municipal levels, is currently working
on new spending cuts.  These cuts also include spending on welfare, unemployment
and social services that are geared towards helping the homeless.  Spending cuts
can be seen as a necessity to maintain the country economically, but the reason
for having a government in the first place is to take care of the people.  How
can this be done when money is being taken away from those services that are
necessary to uphold this obligation?  Simply put, it cannot.  Those obligations
are served by nonprofit organizations who depend on government grants to
maintain a standard of care for those who need ...

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