At one time a home was defined as a place where a family resided, but as American society changed, so did the definition of home. A home is now considered a place where one or more people live, a private place to which they have legal rights, and where strangers may be excluded. It is the place where people keep their belongings and where they feel safe from the outside world. For housing to be considered a home, it should be permanent with an address. Furthermore, in the best of circumstances, a home should not be substandard but should still be affordable. Many people would agree that a place to call home is a basic human right. Those people who have no fixed address and no private space of their own are the homeless. The obvious solution to homelessness would be to find a home for everyone who needs one. There is enough housing available in the United States ; as such, the problem lies in the affordability of that housing. Most of the housing in the United States costs far more than poor people can afford to rent or buy.

More….