Unhoused Person

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

• AKA: Homeless.
• Context:
  • They can range from being a Chronically Homeless Person to being a Temporary Homeless Person.
  • They can range from being an Accompanied Homeless Person to being an Unaccompanied Homeless Person.
  • They can (typically) be a member of a Homeless Population.
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• Example(s):
  • "Million-Dollar Murray"[1]
  • an SF Unhoused Person.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Homed Person.
• See: Homeless Shelter, Homelessness Rate.

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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." The legal definition of "homeless" varies from country to country, or among different entities or institutions in the same country or region.

    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 also include persons who sleep in a public or private place not designed for use as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.

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

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