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COVID-19 and Homeless People

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Extreme poverty and homelessness are not novel topics in the United States. Homelessness appeared to be misstated as merely a problem of being without s shelter, while it is more properly viewed as the most aggravated state of a more prevalent problem. This study discusses the relationship between political partisanships as well as U.S. economic policies among people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic. The statistics and U.S. census are used to analyze the research. During the process, it is found that political policy or partisanship changes would give rise to an adjustment to public attitude toward homeless people; changes in economic policy would directly affect the number of homeless people; the medical system is also one crucial factor that influences the homelessness. More than 80% of the homeless population gathers in the urban area, and the number is still increasing. Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19, the economy has been in a downturn, bringing a higher unemployment rate that causes the increase of vagabonds in the country. Furthermore, the US Healthcare System is lacking preparation to deal with the pandemic. The result of this study is monumental and can be seen as a reference for the U.S. government to improve their policy, eventually decrease and well manage the number of infected homeless number. Moreover, further detailed suggestions on the topic are included in the study.

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ICEME '21: Proceedings of the 2021 12th International Conference on E-business, Management and Economics
July 2021
882 pages
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DOI:10.1145/3481127
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  4. partisanship
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