Homelessness in the Cities of Adyuma
Apparently, the fundamental cause of homelessness in most countries is the factor of housing affordability. Homelessness tends to have a significantly negative impact on the economy of any country. It tends to lower the productivity level of workers, and besides, it increases crime levels in many cities. Just like any other country, Adyuma is facing a homelessness crisis. Adyuma has a total population of 60 million people, yet most of its residents dwell in its popular cities of Sindicot, Sweetwater, Frappuccino, and Mountany. The high levels of economic activities in these major cities are the contributing factor of them exhibiting high population levels. The resulting of the dense population in these cities is the rising level of homelessness. Among the top goals of Adyuma is to reduce the rate of homelessness by 50%. By embracing critical approaches, Adyuma can achieve this.
According to Semuels, embracing the housing first approach has turned out to the best strategy in addressing the homelessness issue. Since the key objective of Adyuma is to reduce homelessness by 50%, the Federal government of Adyuma can channel a significant amount of money to help fund the housing sector. The housing first strategy tends to place the homeless in long term housing without forcing them to get a job or get sober. For example, a housing voucher per person can cost the government $1,162, which is meant for the building of housing units. It therefore means in order to accommodate all the homeless; the Adyuma federal government may spend a total sum of $116 Million. Essentially, most individuals who are homeless are drug addicts, orphans, and insane people, which ends up making them not to be able to afford the rental price. With the housing-first approach, the drug addicts and those unfortunate people will therefore be easily assigned a social work or job training. According to Coalition for Homeless, the essence of the housing first is to ensure that the homeless are first put in a central place where they can easily be guided and educated on ways to meet the rental needs. Semuel writes that this strategy effectively worked in Utah. It helped the country reduce the critically homeless population by 72%. This is a great achievement which can easily be implemented if the federal government of Adyuma embraces the strategy of housing first.
The immediate result of reducing the level of homelessness is an increase in productive labor. Gayer and Rosen suggests that increasing individual welfare consequently raises the productivity level (40). Although reducing the rate of homelessness by 50% might cost the government a significant amount of money, the results will be that the Adyuma federal government will have improved not only its citizen’s welfare but also boosted her country’s productivity level. Labour resources that were lying idle in the streets of major cities like the capital of Sindicot in the form of drug addicts will be put into proper use. Furthermore, the crime level will reduce significantly in these cities. There exist several other issues that can be solved by solving the homelessness nightmare. Among these issues is food insecurity and truancy from school. Addressing homelessness means most individuals will be able to access schools; they will be able to access better healthcare. This makes it a priority for Adyuma to effectively address the issue of homelessness.
Housing in many cities is becoming more expensive every month. As the price of houses rises, so are the costs for rolling out programs to combat the issue of homelessness. In order to minimize the costs, Adyuma federal government should move into action and embrace the housing-first technique, thereby lowering the homelessness level by 50%.