Homelessness Report

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Dear: Lottery Commissioner I had a meeting with the Aiken County Council, so now the Aiken County Council and I are in need to meet with your company with some great facts. There is a fact that we have a major problem with the homeless and the problem is increasing year by year. It has have been reported by www.sciway.net/south-carolina/sc-homeless.html “A 2007 report by the South Carolina Council on Homelessness found that on any given night there were 6,759 homeless people in South Carolina- nearly 20% of whom were children. Considering the fact just under 7,000 residents, the enormity of the problem becomes easier to grasp. The Council also found that over the course of a year, S.C has more than 17,000 documented cases of homelessness-…show more content…
This count is the homeless in Columbia S.C only aren’t counting the surrounding cities. South Carolina economy has taken a descent in recent months. One major reason that cause homeless is unemployment, many people find themselves out of work and unable to pay their mortgages. Shelters sometime don’t have enough room for all the homeless people so they have to turn some of the homeless people down. I have heard at the time the shelters have to also buy the homeless a bus ticket to another city just for a homeless person could have somewhere to sleep for the night. I was taught in an education class, 90% of the people in this world are all one paycheck from being homeless. This is something to think about, anybody could be homelessness and it could be uncontrollable, just because of one check that they were unable to make. I ask myself who in this world could help reach out and help the homeless. I ask myself who were already successful in helping people already. My first though was the Lottery help with education in South Carolina maybe the Lottery Commissioners will help the homelessness also why not. Why not help the homelessness people?, please don’t turn our back on the homelessness unlike people in New York City maybe we can pave the way for them it’s a lot more homelessness people in…show more content…
It was reported by www.occupy.com/article/new-law-exiles-homeless-people-south-carolina-capital it was a new law put in place to look over the homeliness, they just sweep the homeless population under the rug. The new law is spreading reported say “All over the country we are hearing about the poor treatment of homeless people. In New York City, it is actually illegal to donate food to homeless shelters- a policy that came on the heels of actions taken in the 1990’s by Major Rudolph Giuliani, who “cleaned up the streets” by essentially sweeping the homeless under the rug.” It has been reported by www.occupy.com/article/new-law-exiles-homeless-people-south-carolina-capital “Now, these actions are spreading to the south. In the North Carolina capital of Raleigh, has become illegal to feed the homeless. And South Carolina has even taken things a step further, enacting what amounts to a policy of “exile” for those homes.” Think about the problem that people are facing today. What can we do to help the homelessness? We are coming to the Lottery Commissioners to help us make a better

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