(Mya, Khan, Kingston)
Homelessness In Christchurch
Website of where o got my information
National Coalition For The Homeless Source 1
Stuff Source 2
The Salvation Army Source 3
Who is affected?
The homeless, community and families
What are the issues?
Warmth, hunger, criminal records so you can't get jumps and clothing
When and how did this start?
Most patients were released from mental hospitals in the 1950s and 1960s, yet vast increases in homelessness did not occur until the 1980s,
Where is it happening?
New Zealand and all over the world
Why is this happening?
- poverty
- unemployment
- lack of affordable housing
- poor physical or mental health
- drug and alcohol abuse
- gambling
- family and relationship breakdown
- domestic violence
- physical and/or sexual abuse.
