Brittney+Anotated+Bibliography

Brittney's Images Martin-Vitullo, Julia (2007). The Wall Street Journal. //Homelessness in America, ,//.

The author researches the problems that are causing homelessness in America, and how the U.S. is attempting to resolve this issue. The people that are considered homeless, according to Martin-Vitullo, are usually male that has some type of impairment-mental illness, drug and alchohol addiction. Those people are sometimes referred to as "the chronics", and they make up about 10% of the two million or so Americans that are regarded as homeless. "After 20 years of seeing the problem get worse, we're no longer 'managing' the homeless crisis. We're ending the disgrace," states president Bush. Bush also states some numbers to which homelessness has declined. Martin-Vitullo agrees that yes the numbers have declined but the problem still remains.

(2008). //Homeless In America//. Retrieved October 29, 2008 from HomelessinAmerica.BlogSpot.com Web site: http://homelessinamerica.blogspot.com/2008/03/homeless-in-america.html

The author states that some of the factors as to why some indivisuals become homeless are personal problems, domestic violence, lack of education, alchodolism, drug addiction, mental illness, and lack of social skills. He says that "anyone who is homeless and mentally aware would agree that homelessness isnt the direction in which they saw them self and would like a better life in the long run. One of the rising questions in this article was why are so many people homeless in the U.S. when the country is considered to be more prosperous than it has been in years? Many researchers would say the "rich gets richer and the poor gets poorer."

Rosenheck, R. (1994). Editorial: Homelessness in America. //American Journal of Public Health, 84//(12), 1885-1886.

The study in this issue of the Journal uses household sampling to estimate that 8.5 million Americans experienced homelessness between 1985-1990. It is evenly distributed among low income people around the country. When homelessness first surfaced in the 1980's, it was tragic. According to Rosenheck, many people expected homelessness to be short-lived and largely resolved by the next business cycle. Although in the 1980's, the United States experienced the longest period of economic growth of the postwar period and homelessness did not dissapear. Homelessness was, and still is, seen as a major issue.

Pensativa, M. (2008, January 23 ). //Homelessness in America//. Retrieved October 29, 2008 from, Zimbio Inc. Web site: http://www.zimbio.com/Homelessness/articles/20/Homelessness+America+Entry+January+23+2008 This author tells readers what homelessness is and suggests ways on how this problem can be fixed. Homelessness is a social problem that needs to be fixed--not only to help the homeless indivisuals and families involved, but to reduce the strain they pose to our cities and charity providers. She believes that it is up to society to take action and reduce the number of people who are homeless. Part of the homeless problem is that many people are not aware that there is a homeless problem so they do nothing to help or stop homelessness. They assume that homeless people are homeless because they do not care about getting a job, and solving their problems, and many times this is not the case. "Without society being aware of the homeless problem, they will not be able to influence those in politics and in local government to enact change."

Hombs, M. E. (1990). //Comtemporary World Issues: American Homelessness//. Santa Babara, California: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data.

The author tells what it means to be homeless, who is homeless, how many people are homeless, what causes homelessness, and the response to homelessness. She states that there is no single accepted definition of homelessness. Among major definitions are: "a person is homeless if his or her residence at night is in public or private emergency shelters which take a variety of forms. A homeless person is "anyone who lacks adequate shelter, resources, and community ties, etc. A homeless person can be either male, female, young, or middle aged. In the 1990's figures have been offered ranging from a low of 250,000 people to at least 3 million. There are many reasons that can be named as to why a person is homeless.