My population

After doing some more research on homeless adults in Minnesota I think my assupmtions have changed. I didn't realize all the different reason a person could become homeless. Before I assumed it was becasue a person had no job and was to lazy to try and find one. After reading, I found that that is not the only case. A person's house could have burned down, natural disaster and war could force them away, along with many other things that have nothing to do with being lazy.

After doing this research I still have some questions and a lot more research to do. I want to find out a little more about why people have these types of attitudes towards the homeless. I also want to find out more about other parts of Minnesota, not just the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. I also want to know why homelessness is much more prevelant in big cities versus rural areas.

So far I have found a lot of basic information about my population. I have found what homelessness is, what the causes are, what the concerns are, different attitudes towards the homeless, and what people are doing about it. I also found some more specific information about homelessness in Minnesota. I found some demographics on the Twin Cities area, some history on homelessness in this area, and what Hennepin County has done to help the situation.