https://youtu.be/p_PxgSQ9Vf4?list=RDp_PxgSQ9Vf4
Marvin Gaye – Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
https://suspendedcoffees.com/l-a-graffiti-artist-humanizes-homeless-people-by-painting-their-dreams/
United States:
The US has a relatively high homeless population, with many individuals living on the streets or in temporary shelters.
Homelessness in the US is often attributed to factors like evictions, mental health issues, and lack of affordable housing. 
Funding for homeless services in the US is largely derived from individual trusts, pro bono outfits, and charitable organizations, with some government funding for social service workers.
There is a perception that the US has a higher proportion of people experiencing homelessness compared to other developed countries, including China and Russia.
China:
China’s homeless population is smaller than the US’, with a higher percentage of those experiencing homelessness being sheltered.
China’s government plays a more direct role in providing shelter and social services to the homeless, often through state-funded shelters and case workers.
One primary driver of homelessness in China is rural migration to cities, with some individuals also experiencing forced evictions.
There are laws in place in China that encourage homeless individuals to work in designated jobs, such as farming or unskilled labor.
Russia:
Russia has a smaller homeless population than the US, with estimates suggesting significantly fewer individuals experiencing homelessness.
Russia’s definition of homelessness is more restrictive, primarily focusing on those living on the streets without shelter.
Some reports suggest that homelessness in Russia is often a matter of choice rather than circumstance, with fewer individuals experiencing homelessness due to economic hardship.
The Russian government provides some social welfare services, but the extent of these services and their effectiveness in addressing homelessness are not as widely documented or discussed as in the US or China.
Shelter from the storm…
https://thepeaceresource.com/2019/05/22/shelter-from-the-storm/
A home is the best cure for homelessness.
Too many people claim the homeless are “drug addicts, liars and thieves…” but repeating these stereotypes is crazy.
The homeless are people who used to be two paychecks away from losing it all.
But too many local, national, regional and international entertainment venues (calling themselves news) continue to provide unreasonable, unfair and inaccurate pictures of who the homeless are.
Some of the homeless are working 40 hours at the federal minimum wage of 7.50 an hour. These working people earn 833.28 per month after taxes. (9999.36 per year) In too many cases, this leaves the working poor homeless. Not having a home does not make people into depraved lunatics and drug addicts… unless you believe corporate media lies. .
Most homeless people want a better life. Many church-sponsored communities established and operated for the homeless… provide clean, secure homes and access to necessary, prudent and humane services.
Most homeless people are victims of hard times. These good people have struggled and paid their dues.
A home is the best cure for homelessness.
Only a cold and amoral community might deny food to the hungry and shelter from the storm.
Housing First is a homeless assistance approach that prioritizes providing permanent housing to people experiencing homelessness, thus ending their homelessness and serving as a platform from which they can pursue personal goals and improve their quality of life.
https://youtu.be/J_v1fIlFaKE?list=RDJ_v1fIlFaKE
“Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.”
―Voltaire
We can provide solutions for homelessness, not “sweeps.
https://revolutionresource.org/2016/02/26/homelessness-we-need-solutions-not-sweeps/
When I hear people talk about the homeless, the first thing usually said is they should “get a job.”
But people living on the street street do not have clean clothes to go get a job. They do not have transportation, showers, bathrooms, bedrooms or all the other things most of us take for granted. The problems we have with homelessness are serious, growing and dangerous. But these problems are neither intractable nor impossible to solve.
Instead of wasting money on studies, we could build tiny homes, like they are doing in Seattle, Washington. Ore we could provide health care, food and compassion. Instead of “sweeping” the homeless, we might consider these unfortunate victims are not dirt or trash to be swept away. These are victims of an economic crisis created by greed.
One solution is full-employment. If we shut down 56 wars of choice, quit sending drones to kill fifty innocents per strike and prohibited our presidents from murdering people without trial or due process… these would be great steps forward. And all ships would rise. We need to put people over profits and take the war-profiteers off the table.
We can begin today. We must think about the consequences…
https://youtu.be/Vet6AHmq3_s?list=RDVet6AHmq3_s
We have choices to make. Intelligent choices.
Jobs as a Right:
Create living-wage jobs for every American who needs work, replacing unemployment offices with employment offices. Advance workers rights to form unions, achieve workplace democracy, and allow everyday working people keep a fair share of the wealth they create.
End Poverty:
Guarantee economic human rights, including access to food, water, housing, and utilities, with effective anti-poverty programs to ensure every American a life of dignity.
Health Care as a Right:
Establish an improved “Medicare For All” single-payer public health insurance program to provide everyone with quality health care, at huge savings.
Education as a Right:
Abolish student debt to free a generation of Americans from debt servitude. Guarantee tuition-free, world-class public education from pre-school through university. End high stakes testing and public school privatization.
https://thepeaceresource.com/2015/07/14/power-to-the-people/
“Home is a notion that only nations of the homeless fully appreciate and only the uprooted comprehend.”
― Wallace Stegner, Angle of Repose
George Carlin – Dealing With Homelessness
https://youtu.be/lncLOEqc9Rw?t=6
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