Homeless Shelters

Homeless Shelters

1. Homeless Shleters in Stouffvile: Although there are next to none/ no homeless people, there are no homeless shelters for people to go to have a dry place to sleep or have a meal or just to clean themseves.

   • The average distance to the closest homeless shelters to the town of Whitchurch-Stouffville is about 20km. This means that a homeless person with no money would have to take a bus or train to get to the nearest homeless shelter. Although Stouffville is a small, there are a lot of people that pass through and if some of those people happen to be homeless they are out of luck for food or shelter anywhere near stouffville.
   • Stouffville is such a small town that majority of the people living here consider themselves middle to upper class. This means there is very little poverty and the housing costs more than average. After reading many blogs and reviews about the town, I have realized that most people are content or happy with their living conditions and couldn't see their life any otehr way.
   • Stouffville is such a small community that they haven't yet to take action on this specific situation. What they can do is to start this movement is open a soup kitchen that doesn't need to be run every single day but is there for the less fortunate so they can enjoy a nice hot meal and a roof over their heads for a few hours. In Stouffville there and two second-hand stores, this helps with clothing and other items that are marked down at a lower price so they become more affordable.

2. Homeless Shelters in New York City: New York City is a very big place compaired to the little town of Stouffville and they had thousands of homeless people in March of 2018. To support this massive amount of homeless people there are several homeless shelters that will support them. It was recorded that 62,974 people/families were being supported by homeless shelters just for the month of March in 2018.

   • By having this gross number of homeless people, the community of New York City have recognized that they had to take action about this problem. They did so and now there are less people on the streets at night or even during the day because they get basic necessities at a homeless shelter.
   • New York City is much different than Stouffville for the sole fact that their population is much much larger and it is known as the "City that never sleeps", which means there is constantly something going on in the town or on the streets. The people of New York City would say they like their style of living and that they are living a wealthy lifestyle. To touorists the streets are considered "dirty" and there are lots of beggers in the parks or in the middle of the city there is a homeless person at almost every corner.
   • In NYC there are seperate "Laws and Codes" that need to be followed. Chapter 3 of these laws and codes is names "Department of Homeless Servives", this means that there is a whole set of codes and conducts that surround the health and wellness of their communiities homeless.
   • In New York they have already taken it upon themselves to open many homeless shelters and offer soup kitchens every night so the people of their community don't go hungry or without a place to sleep. This is again because the city of New York has a much higher population which results to more homeless people.