HOMELESS
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Homelessness is a very large problem that America has come to face with. Millions of people, including children, families, babies, veterans, and the elderly live day by day without food, water, a roof over their head, or love. Pople that are mentally ill also have to tough it out on the streets, which can be very confusing to the, and dangerous to us. This problem must be solved soon, because it's not getting better fast enough.
People have not always had to suffer with homelessness. Though the problem has almost always existed, it had not reached a severe level until the early 1960's. With every war there has been a small trickle of homeless veterans to follow, but the vietnam war and Korean war left a wave of many people without anywhere to go. this was just the start of the problem. Many homeless people lived in places called skid Row. a place with cheap bars, entertainment, and very cheap housing in buildings called SROs, or single room occupancy...