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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness The legal definition of homeless varies from country to country, or among
by Mz 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness
The legal definition of homeless varies from country to country, or among different jurisdictions in the same country or region.[2] The term homeless may also include people whose primary night-time residence is in a homeless shelter, a domestic violence shelter, long-term residence in a motel, a vehicle, squatting, cardboard boxes, a tent city, tarpaulins, shanty town structures made of discarded building materials or other ad hoc housing situations. According to the UK homelessness charity Crisis, a home is not just a physical space: it also provides roots, identity, security, a sense of belonging and a place of emotional wellbeing.[3] American government homeless enumeration studies[4][5] also include people who sleep in a public or private place not designed for use as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
- microcolonel 9y ago> The term homeless may also include people whose primary night-time residence is in a homeless shelter, a domestic violence shelter, long-term residence in a motel, a vehicle, squatting, cardboard boxes, a tent city, tarpaulins, shanty town structures made of discarded building materials or other ad hoc housing situations. I fully accept this definition, I just don't consider staying with relatives or friends, or in a degraded-but-serviceable house, to be homelessness, even if you don't have any other decent choice. I'm not ecstatic with my housing choices right now. I live in a ~7m² room with no windows or ventilation, but that doesn't mean I'm anywhere near homeless.
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