Youth Homelessness: Evolution of the chief causes behind massive homelessness of youth in UK

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Title:
YOUTH HOMELESSNESS: Evolution of the chief causes behind massive homelessness of
youth in UK.
Research question:
What are chief reasons behind increasing homelessness of youths between the age 7 years to 18
years in UK?
Introduction (350)
The term homelessness refers to the condition where individuals are without permanent
dwelling and majority of the time are unable to acquire as well as maintain safe, regular as well
as adequate housing due to lack of financial capability. Homelessness in UK has affected a huge
number of individuals and is measured as well as responded to in varying way in Scotland,
England, Wales and Northern Ireland. According to UK homeless charity shelter, in the year
2018, the total number of homeless individuals has crossed 3000,000 (Bramley and Fitzpatrick
2018). Recorded deaths among individuals who sleep by roadsides and those in temporary
accommodation more than doubled in the five years to 2018. Youth homelessness is currently
considered as one of the most complex issues in UK and a good variety of interconnected issues
are leading to young individual who are becoming homeless (Watts, Johnsen and Sosenko 2015).
Young people who are experiencing homelessness are the most vulnerable groups in the society.
The mentioned group has made up approximately half of the individuals who are accessing the
service of homelessness in England. As the recent report published by the government of UK the
total number of youths who are availing the service for homelessness includes 51,230 (Vaioleti
2016). However, according to several researchers, the total number of homeless youths far

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exceeds the government figures. Recent surveys ha found that approximately 83,000 homeless
young individuals needs to rely on charities a well as councils for a roof over their head during
the year 2017, in England, which is nearly 3 times of 26,852 young individuals who has recorded
in homeless figures released by the Department for Communities as well as Local government. A
good number of researches have been conducted in the past 10 years in order to find out the chief
factors that are resulting in homelessness in the nation. However, when it comes to youth
homelessness, a limited number of researches can be evidenced. Hence, in this research, I will
investigate about the various factors that are leading to homelessness of the youths in UK.
Background (250)
Homelessness is considered to a global issue and a good number of underdeveloped,
developing as well as developed countries are suffering due to homelessness. In UK the first
major issue of Homelessness took place during the higher clearances as well as the lower
clearances in Scotland In the 19th Century. The second major homelessness was experienced by
the residents of Ireland in the between the year 1845 to 1852 (Watts, Johnsen and Sosenko
2015). The chief reason behind the phenomenon of homelessness is the great feminine. Other
major issues that have led to homelessness in UK include The Irish War of Independence, the
Second World War and the northern sea flood that took place in 1953. The youth homelessness
took a major shape in the year 2004. According to researchers, one of the chief reason behind the
huge youth homelessness was the lack of job and overly faced by the youths. The youth
unemployment is found to rate doubled between the year 2004 as well as late 2011, peaking at
18% in 2011 (Hodgson et al. 2013). Considering the fact that youths are considered to be the
future of the nation, the alarmingly high youth homelessness possess the potential to herm the

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nation progress adversely. Hence researchers are needed to find out the chief cases behind the
mentioned issue so that the issue can be abolished from the core.
Aim and Objectives (100)
The chief aim of this research paper is to investigate the major factors that are responsible
for the homelessness of youths in UK. The researcher will investigate the chief psychological,
sociological as well as financial factors that are leading to massive homelessness of youths in
UK.
The objectives of the research are as follows:
 To analyze the psychological, sociological as well as financial factors that are leading to
homelessness of youths
 To identify the relevant government policies that are associated with youth homelessness
in UK
 To identify the effectiveness of the government policies on youth homelessness in UK.
 To identify the effect of youth homelessness on sociological as well as political
environment of the nation.
 To investigate the current measures that has been taken in order to prevent the gradual
enhancement of the rate of youth homelessness in UK.
Literature review (1400)
The scale and patterns of youth homelessness
Youth homelessness is traditionally considered as the homelessness that involves lone
teenagers as well as young individuals who are at their early 20s. However, it has been found