Struggles Of The Homelessness In Georgia

By Ann Sullivan


Each person has his or her definition of homelessness. To some, it means lack of a roof for yourself or your family. To some, it is not having the basic human commodities necessary for human survival. But even with all those definitions, nobody would wish to be Homelessness in Georgia.

The biggest contributor to vagrancy is poverty. The high standards of living and the ever-fluctuating economy drive many people to lose their homes due to mortgages or being unable to sustain themselves and their families. For others, they are born into homelessness, and to them, that is the life they live to know.

Vagrancy has a profound impact on the individuals and families it affects including increased health problems, increased mental health problems, difficulty with maintaining employment, separation of families, lack of education and many more. These problems affect not only them but also their children and generations after them.

In their attempts to handle and cope with the difficulties of life, most of these people turn into a life of drugs, crime, prostitution, and other vices. This is because they once had dreams to work and be self-reliant, but they lost hope along the way. This is brought about by lack of proper education or the ability to maintain a job and thus reach their goals.

The community has provided homeless shelters, but they are not able to solve this considerable menace. To end or reduce at least bring down the number of homeless people in Georgia, the society should offer support. Shelters are just a roof over their heads. But offering medical care, enough resources, mental health care, and rehabilitation from drugs and crime would tear down this adversity of vagrancy. Otherwise, they would just be the last resort available for people with no roof over their heads.

Also, many accommodations are overcrowded, and this creates hardship in this shelters. This often happens because people without shelters may have to fill their quotas to get support. And to fill their shares some of these abilities, by necessity, will have people staying there at any given time. This leads to a shortage of supplies and even the most basic commodities like water, food, and clothing become a thing to wish for.

As one can expect, many people living in one shelter at a given time leads to insecurity and other safety issues. Health issues also start emerging, and diseases become part of their lives. Most of the time fights will erupt when the rations are in shortage. Due to low levels of cleanliness, lice become rampant. This risks the well being of those living in these shelters.

At the heart of solving the vagrancy, the challenge is the society taking responsibility for the well-being and livelihood of its less fortunate members. Considering that a homeless shelter is a good enough solution to the problem is not enough to help to get people back on their feet and have a roof over their heads.




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