Is Homelessness A Product Of Society Or The Fault Of The Individual

Many of these children come from broken homes where the fault is with the parents. The family is slowly driven apart to the point that the child is either thrown out or leaves on their own accord due to the terrible standard of life they live through. Stop and think for a moment, put yourself in their shoes. How would you feel coming home every night to know you may find your Mother or a sibling lying bruised and beaten on the floor? Perhaps as you open the front door you can smell the aroma of booze hanging in the air. Maybe, you fear going home at all as you your self are the victim in an aggressive family that is slowly falling apart.

Another argument pointing the finger at the kids on the street claims that they are lazy and use begging so they do not have to work. Firstly, let me assure you that any person who has lived on the streets and slept rough would be happy to exchange their concrete slab for a comfy office chair! It is a well-known fact that work is available only to people with an address. Finding work is usually impossible for these children. So instead of working from 9 till 5 with time for a large lunch in between, these young adults are forced to beg. Sitting on hard concrete all day sometimes in extreme weather conditions and temperatures below zero, they may just make enough money to buy a couple of mars bars and a coffee to warm themselves up. In fact the average amount of money begging earns children from ages 13-18 is about 3 pounds a day. If they don't raise enough to eat there is nothing they can do, finding somewhere to sleep is their next priority.

The government of this country put more money into security for the prime minister everyday than the give to help the homelessness problem on the streets of Britain. Society is entirely to blame for the problem. But no one seems to care.