Homelessness: Causes, Effects, and Solutions

This document explores the causes, effects, and potential solutions to the issue of homelessness. It discusses the impact of violence and political factors on homelessness, measures taken to address the problem, and the potential increase in homelessness if no action is taken. The study uses a quantitative research approach and aims to create awareness and provide ethical considerations regarding homelessness.

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Prospectus: Homelessness
Problem Statement
Homelessness has been among the major problems that are facing various personalities
who are known to be situated in various parts of the world. Moreover, the problem has been
increasing almost on a daily basis as a result of various issues that people have been able to
experience in their daily lives most so in this current century (Avage, 2016). A wide range of
children together with women have been able to undergo various conditions that are related to
homelessness thus making them to be subjected to very harsh conditions of life where they
cannot even be able to meet their daily needs (Byrne, Montgomery & Fargo, 2016). Moreover,
one of the major causes attached to increased rate of street families is the issue of homelessness
that has currently spread in all levels including regional, national and even the international level.
It is an issue that has raised an alarm to various relevant organizations together with several other
government bodies since it is currently approaching a state where it is likely to bring on board
quite a number of challenges thus making it very difficult to handle (Evans, Sullivan &
Wallskog, 2016). Violence acts as one of the major factors that has been contributing towards a
high rise of homelessness across various populations thus forcing them to flee away from their
homes leaving behind their homes together with a wide variety of their properties that they can
use for survival. Various governments therefore need to clearly come on board and be able to
eradicate any form of violence taking place across various individuals thereby eradicating the
occurrence of homelessness that they are currently undergoing.

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Purpose
The type of research that will be carried out in this study is a quantitative research. This
study therefore comes on board with a wide range of purposes that are known to be fully
connected to it with an intention of making it relevant as much as possible. As a result of this, the
research aims towards implementing quantitative aspects of research where violence and
political factors will be the two major independent variables that will be studied. The first
relationship will focus on how different types of violence affect various individuals.
Additionally, the second relationship through the use of quantitative analysis will focus on the
effects of bad politics on various aspects of homelessness across different individuals.
One of the essential issues associated with the entire study is that it aims towards creating
awareness across large groups of personalities thereby making them to be aware of how issues
pertaining homelessness has been currently on the rise and is affecting a wide range of
population thus subjecting various personalities to different harsh living conditions of life.
Moreover, the research also aims towards coming up with a wide range of ethical considerations
regarding the entire problem that is attached to homelessness thus making it much easier to come
up with some of the reasonable boundaries that are capable of distinguishing a wide variety of
practices that should be done together with the ones that need to be avoided in order to attain a
specific objective that is much concerned with the prevention of homelessness across various
individuals.

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Significance
The entire study is known to have one of the most essential roles that is strongly attached
to filling the gap known to be related to the entire situation. By critically analyzing and
comparing various situations and parameters, the entire study will be able to come up with
adequate and reliable results that is well connected to the entire situation thereby coming up with
a wide range of recommendations that will be able to provide and curate guidance pertaining
what should be done with an intention of doing away with the entire situation thus making it
much easier for the whole study to fill the gap that is known to have the capability of affecting a
wide range of personalities irrespective of their age, background or even skin color.
The entire research also has the capability of fully supporting various aspects of
professional practice. It will do this by providing a wide range of relevant information that is
well presented in quantitative analysis to various professionalisms thus giving them an easy time
to analyze what has been taking place within the area of study so that they can be able to come
up with one of the most reliable conclusions pertaining what they have been able to read in
relation to various aspects that are known to be attached to homelessness amongst various
populations who are known to be living in various localities.
Coming up with adequate and potential findings is known to have the capability of
leading towards the emergence of a positive social change since there will be the provision of
adequate and reliable recommendations that are capable of emerging as a result of the analysis of
the entire situation through the use of various forms of first-hand information that haven’t been
manipulated at all. On the other hand, the potential findings are also likely to lead to positive
change by providing a proper guidance on some of the things that needs to be carried out with an

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intention of promoting the eradication of violence across various boundaries. On the other hand,
the study is that it aims towards carrying out a wide range of analysis pertaining some of the
major factors that have been able to lead to the emergence of homelessness across various
individuals thus making it much easier to implement various reasonable recommendations that
will help to eradicate any further occurrence of this problem across various personalities who are
likely to experience it as a result of various factors that are known to be existing within the
surrounding environment
Background
The issue of homelessness among various individuals is currently on the rise when
compared to its initial state that could be seen over the past years. It was an issue to started
without anyone having an appropriate knowledge regarding some of the effects that it is likely to
bring onboard most so when it is not adequately addressed (Jetelina et al., 2016). Moreover, this
century is known to be attached to a wide range of issues more of which have the capability of
negatively affecting the way various people are living within the surrounding environment.
Violence is a negative factor that normally emerges due to various reasons (Pinkler et al., 2016).
One of the negative effects that is associated with it is that it majorly contributes towards an
increased rate of homelessness that is being experienced across various groups of individuals.
Over the past years, various individuals have been able to engage themselves in serious
conditions of violence as a result of various issues (Tsai et al., 2017). Some of the major issues
that have been able to lead to the emergence of violence have been; political differences,
competition of various types of resources together with corruption and ethnicity (Rosenheck &
Scivoletto, 2016). These factors have been able to make various personalities to engage in

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serious forms of violence thereby making others to run away to places that they feel are much
safer for their lives. Unfortunately, they end up not acquiring any settlements in those areas that
they move in but instead, they will be viewed as displaced individuals who do not belong to that
area at all (Shalen, Patts, Weinberg & Philippides, 2016). This has been able to make such
individuals to experience difficulties in acquiring even job opportunities that they can depend on
for their survival thus leaving them with only one choice of moving to the streets as a results of
being homeless. In some occasions, different leaders have also been accused of playing an
essential role towards the increased rate of homelessness being encountered by various
individuals. One of their mandates is always to make sure that these people are capable of living
in a better state and in a peaceful manner since it is their rights, unfortunately, these leaders fail
to address their roles in a reasonable manner but instead they end up assuming such situations by
taking no actions through unreasonable conditions of assumptions. This therefore leads to an
increased rate of homelessness across various individuals who end up suffering even more
compared to the leaders themselves.
Framework (Conceptual or Theoretical)
The research design will be carried out through the analysis and comparison of various
parameters in order to bring a clear meaning of what need to be done in relation to the
implementation of various aspects of ethical considerations that are capable of providing an
appropriate guideline on what needs to be done (Tsai, 2017). Moreover, there are a wide variety
of techniques that will be used in the investigation of the research problem. The research aims
towards implementing the use of questionnaires that will be given to different individuals for
them to answer the questions in relation to their perceptions that are attached to the issues of

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homelessness. Additionally, there will be the use of experiments regarding various situations.
Finally, the analysis of the entire problem will be carried out under strict conditions of ethical
considerations thus avoiding any conditions that might lead to intrusion peoples’ privacy.
Research Question(s) and Hypotheses (if applicable)
(1) What are some of the effects associated with homelessness across different
personalities?
-H1- There is different types of effects that are known to be attached to homelessness
-H2- There is no effects associated with homelessness
(2) What are some of the factors that have been able to contribute towards the
emergence of homelessness?
H1- Very few factors have been able to contribute to the emergence of homelessness
H2- No factors have been able to contribute to the emergence of homelessness
(3) What measures and strategies have been taken to eradicate the occurrence of this
kind of problem across various regions?
H1- Different measures have been taken to eradicate the occurrence of homelessness
H2-No measures have been taken to eradicate the occurrence of homelessness
(4) Do you think that the problem of homelessness is capable of increasing in the
coming future is appropriate measures are not taken?
H1- The problem of homelessness is likely to increase in the coming years
H2- The problem of homelessness will not increase in the coming years

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Nature of the Study
There are a wide variety of approaches that will be used to analyze all the research
questions to ensure that appropriate results are obtained within the stipulated time frame thereby
making it much easier to come on board with a set of appropriate recommendations that can be
fully relied upon. The major approach that will be used to address the research questions will
fully involve the use of mixed methods that will be primarily quantitative and will be specifically
used for either sequential, concurrent or even transformative study purposes with a full focus
geared towards the direction of various types of quantitative analysis. The entire approach aligns
with the problem statement in such a way that it will be able to highlight some of the loopholes
that are known to be existing within the problem thus providing one of the best solutions.
Possible Types and Sources of Data
As far are the primary data is concerned, the data points fully rely on various issues that
are fully concerned with issues associated with homelessness and their effects on various
personalities. Moreover, the data will be obtained through the use of various parameters with the
major one being the use of experiments, this will fully involve experimenting different
conditions that are related to homelessness thus making it much easier to come up with a more
reasonable conclusion. At the same time, the data will also be obtained through surveys of
different phenomenon and experience in relation to the entire situation. Some of the potential
participants who are likely to be accessed to address the research questions majorly include;
Employees, government officials together with the local citizens. For the secondary data, the data
source will majorly originate from various progress reports together with published information
obtained from different government bodies. The data will therefore be accessed through the

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analysis of the entire data sources with an intention of coming up with one of the best results so
far that is known to be attached to the situation. Moreover, some of the potential participants who
will be accessed to address the research questions majorly include the senior government
officials in specific departments.
Limitations, Challenges, and/or Barriers
There are various types of limitations that are likely to be addressed when conducting the
whole of this study thus making sure that appropriate and reliable outcome are attained. One of
them may include the access to participants where at some point the participants may not be
available since they might be busy with their personal issues thus making it much difficult to
collect information from them. Additionally, at some point, there might be difficulties in
accessing various forms of data thus preventing the study from coming up with an appropriate
outcome (Jetelina et al., 2016). Finally, at some point various research parameters might appear
to be very expensive thus providing on of the hardest time possible to carry out a wide range of
research in relation to be topic of study in order to carry out a proper analysis pertaining the
entire situation and how it can be eradicated from occurring within the surrounding (Evans,
Sullivan & Wallskog, 2016).

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