Black Homelessness in Toronto

This paper will focus on the barriers faced by black youths in Toronto housing and its statistics. On a single night, about 7,000 individuals throughout Canada of ages 16 to 24 have no place to call home, representing 25 percent of the total population of youth homelessness. In Toronto alone, approximations range from 1,000 to 2,000 nightly, more than those that can be accommodated by the 490 beds in youth housings. Many of these displaced youths decide to go to Yonge Streets, fascinated to gathering spots such as the Yonge-Dundas Square, and Eaton Centre, and such services like nearby Convent House and Evergreen, the largest Shelter of Canada for homeless-involved youths. Homeless people in Toronto share same barriers like lack of access to affordable and comfortable housing. Additional strains on the family may range from encounters being experienced by people including learning disabilities, substance abuse, struggles with the system of education, and involvement in the legal system.

The reasons behind such behaviors may stem from stresses emanating from parental behavior like drug and alcohol abuse. The support required by black young homeless individuals to keep them away from the streets differ from those needed by adults. Many black youths who opt to go to the roads lack necessary skills of life that would otherwise permit them to make financial plans, rent an apartment, and cook for themselves (Gharabaghi, Kiaras and Carol 1683). Black youths are not just dealing with lack of housing, but are also facing the loss of family relationships as well as social ties that were disconnected when they live home, and by doing so at a period when they are experiencing the turbulent emotional change that goes along with youths.

Last year, a blog entry on one of the papers stressed most of the findings in the vast city of Toronto's research, and our group has revisited that report to assemble some data linked to mental health, and other indicators located in different Toronto focused investigations on homelessness and health. Toronto possesses an extensive network of emotional health services for black youths who are either housed or not comprising inpatient and outpatient amenities, crisis programs, case management, and ethnic-racial- focused organizations, hitherto there exist an enormous need for a combined approach to better the black youth population. On the research sections on approaches to homelessness, the emphasis is put on the need to use inter-facility partnerships, service provision by communities, and individual programs (Gharabaghi, Kiaras and Carol 1689).