Graduated from Fudan University with a bachelor's degreeDr. Sun Weidong, an American wandererContinues to attract attention. It is embarrassing that the former genius boy lives on the streets of New York. In fact, Sun Weidong is not alone, there are many homeless people in major cities in the United States.
In 2022, there will be more than 580,000 people in the United StatesHomelessness, which equates to 18 people per 10,000 peopleLives on the streets, which is ** or welfare agenciesContainment and Placementof the "slightly lucky" accounted for 60%, and 40% of them slept in the openHighway underpasses, parks, sidewalks, abandoned buildings, bus stops, campgroundsand other uninhabitable public places. Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, SeattleIt is the city with the highest number of homeless people. According to the Washington Post, the number of homeless people in Los Angeles has increased by about 55% since 2015, with 70,000 homeless people out of a total population of 10 million; In 2022, a total of 68,884 people slept in urban shelters in New York, including 21,805 homeless children.
The number of this group continues to rise. According to a report released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) late last yearThe number of homeless people in the United States has exceeded 650,000 in 2023, the highest since 2007, when statistics began to be calculated. It is estimated that by 2030, the number of homeless people over the age of 65 in metropolitan areas such as New York and Boston could triple.
There are complex social and economic roots to the homelessness of U.S. citizens, the main factors include:Drug abuse, poverty, bankruptcy, mental illness, unemployment, smuggling, inability to afford rent, inability to pay health insurance, etc. In 2007, the United States** proposed to implement it in 300 cities to helpWanderersAt present, the United States has a relatively mature rescue and welfare system involving homelessness, and a series of relief bills or regulations have been introduced according to different types of homeless people, such asDuring the pandemic, unemployment benefits for unemployed people who do not work have reached more than $700 a week.
The legal system of the United States also restricts the arbitrary eviction of low-class populations such as homeless people. In 2012, Rhode Island passed the first case in the countryHomeless Bill of Rights, prohibiting discrimination against this group. Homeless people have the right to sleep on the streets, and as long as they don't break other laws, no one can do anything about them. So despite the fact that these people are homeless, they can use their mobile phones to surf the Internet, send and receive emails, write blogs, and even apply for housing just like white-collar workers.
At the beginning of each month, the major U.SCheap supermarkets, shopsBusiness will be very good, because that's the day when the welfare money and welfare money are distributed to the homeless. These homeless people will be distributed in the United States**Social welfare food stampsIf you go to the supermarket and scan the goods, if you are a family of four, you can get up to $668 per monthFood stamps, this amount is enough to cover a familyFood expensesso that they are not at risk of going hungry. The states** also provide housing for the homeless, and this shelter is dividedTransitory, permanent, and urgentThere are three kinds, and the homeless are basically free to apply for such a residence. In addition,Churches across the United States also provide food, clothing, and other help to the homeless from time to time.