Causes of homelessness and ways to end and prevent homelessness
Olukoju, Olufemi (2017)
Olukoju, Olufemi
Hämeen ammattikorkeakoulu
2017
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017120720189
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2017120720189
Tiivistelmä
There has been a lot of discussions about homelessness and how to prevent or end homeless by various government or players in the world. It is not uncommon to hear that some people have been homeless for years and they have found it challenging to leave homelessness behind even though there are lots of programmes available to address the situation. The primary purpose of this study is to find out the reasons for homelessness, how to prevent homelessness, and take into considerations the stories or interview from homeless people on how why and what can be done to get them out of homelessness.
The study also observed what is homelessness, reasons for homelessness, long term-homelessness and what can be done to avoid homelessness. The thesis was qualitative and narrative, and it was carefully carried out with the homeless people living in Hyvinkään Mäntylä dormitory, Mäntylä employees, Toimari employees (Dormitory for the homeless) and one of the city housing supervisor. Eight homeless individuals narrated the stories of their homelessness, and they were also interviewed. Supervisors of homeless dormitories and Hyvinkää city housing supervisors were interviewed, and they all answered based on the experience in working with the homeless people for years.
Findings from this study like providing adequate support for life after homelessness for homeless people and helping to deal with the biggest problem of homeless people such as loneliness and debt will create a broader discussion on the real situations of homeless people and how they can be helped. At the end of this study, it was discovered people became homeless and went back to being homeless after getting help from constituted authorities because of loneliness. There were not enough follow up on their situation after getting out of homelessness and live in their apartment and lack of a well-planned programme to sustain their development before homelessness and after homelessness.
The study also observed what is homelessness, reasons for homelessness, long term-homelessness and what can be done to avoid homelessness. The thesis was qualitative and narrative, and it was carefully carried out with the homeless people living in Hyvinkään Mäntylä dormitory, Mäntylä employees, Toimari employees (Dormitory for the homeless) and one of the city housing supervisor. Eight homeless individuals narrated the stories of their homelessness, and they were also interviewed. Supervisors of homeless dormitories and Hyvinkää city housing supervisors were interviewed, and they all answered based on the experience in working with the homeless people for years.
Findings from this study like providing adequate support for life after homelessness for homeless people and helping to deal with the biggest problem of homeless people such as loneliness and debt will create a broader discussion on the real situations of homeless people and how they can be helped. At the end of this study, it was discovered people became homeless and went back to being homeless after getting help from constituted authorities because of loneliness. There were not enough follow up on their situation after getting out of homelessness and live in their apartment and lack of a well-planned programme to sustain their development before homelessness and after homelessness.