Unhoused Person

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A Unhoused Person is a insecure housing person who meets an unhoused person definition (such as does not reside in a household).



References

2022

  • (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/homelessness Retrieved:2022-9-5.
    • Homelessness or houselessness – also known as a state of being unhoused or unsheltered – is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and adequate housing. People can be categorized as homeless if they are:
      • living on the streets, also known as rough sleeping (primary homelessness);
      • moving between temporary shelters, including houses of friends, family, and emergency accommodation (secondary homelessness); and
      • living in private boarding houses without a private bathroom or security of tenure (tertiary homelessness). *** have no permanent house or place to live safely
      • Internally Displaced Persons, persons compelled to leave their places of domicile, who remain as refugees within their country's borders.

2013

  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness
    • Homelessness describes the condition of people without a regular dwelling. People who are homeless are most often unable to acquire and maintain regular, safe, secure, and adequate housing, or lack "fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence."[1] The legal definition of "homeless" varies from country to country, or among different entities or institutions in the same country or region.[dubious ][2]

      The term homeless may also include people whose primary night-time residence is in a homeless shelter, a warming center, a domestic violence shelter, cardboard boxes or other ad hoc housing situation. American Government homeless enumeration studies[3][4] also include persons who sleep in a public or private place not designed for use as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.[5][6]

      An estimated 100 million people worldwide were homeless in 2005.[7] In western countries, the large majority of homeless are men (75-80%), with single males particularly overrepresented.[8][9][10] In the USA, LGBT people are over-represented among homeless youth, at 40%.[11]