Humanities Homework Help

Debate Topic: Federal government should make housing accessible to all in need of shelter including the homeless population

● One page single spaced

● Write a speech that argues AGAINST the topic (3min)

● Devil’s advocate speech

● Think of 2 questions that you could essentially question the pro-resolution team

● Closing speech (1 paragraph)

Possible reasons that the federal gov should not make housing accessible to those in need of shelter…

1. it’s cost prohibitive to build enough shelters for everyone

2. some of the homeless are essentially feral—they’re not going to live in a shelter (especially ones that forbid drug and alcohol use) even if it’s offered

3. We should not depend fully on the public sector to “fix” the problem, even though this is a legitimate area for government intervention. Governments are incapable of efficiently fulfilling even their most fundamental purposes(infrastructure, public safety, etc.). So hopefully there’s a much bigger role for nonprofits and private efforts.

Here is a sample essay below