: having no home or permanent place of residence
homelessness
noun
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Huizar’s new surrender date is Aug. 30. — OTHER PEOPLE’S PROPERTY: A judge found that the city of Los Angeles altered evidence to support its defense in a lawsuit alleging that sanitation workers illegally seized and destroyed homeless people’s property.
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David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Some social service providers say local ordinances like a camping ban would provide incentive to homeless people to take advantage of existing resources.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2024
The dispute involves whether laws that punish homeless people with civil citations for camping on public property are outside the bounds of the Constitution.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024
The agency recently received about $2.1 million in grants from Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services to make a Youth Crisis Stabilization Center and to increase its outreach for homeless people in the county.
—Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
No matter what happens in late June, there will still be hundreds of homeless people living outdoors in Grants Pass, Gutowski said.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
Detectives identified Campbell, also described by police as homeless, as a suspect in the killing, Guerin said.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
Like many Western communities, Grants Pass has struggled for years with a burgeoning homeless population.
—Claire Rush, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
However there is still a homeless encampment on the south side of the road, which is where Sam lived.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
Some social service providers say local ordinances like a camping ban would provide incentive to homeless people to take advantage of existing resources.
—Devin Dwyer, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2024
The dispute involves whether laws that punish homeless people with civil citations for camping on public property are outside the bounds of the Constitution.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2024
The agency recently received about $2.1 million in grants from Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services to make a Youth Crisis Stabilization Center and to increase its outreach for homeless people in the county.
—Beth Lipoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Apr. 2024
No matter what happens in late June, there will still be hundreds of homeless people living outdoors in Grants Pass, Gutowski said.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2024
Detectives identified Campbell, also described by police as homeless, as a suspect in the killing, Guerin said.
—Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
Like many Western communities, Grants Pass has struggled for years with a burgeoning homeless population.
—Claire Rush, Fortune, 15 Apr. 2024
However there is still a homeless encampment on the south side of the road, which is where Sam lived.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
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“Homeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homeless. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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