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  2. Transitional housing - Wikipedia

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    The transitional time can be short, for example one or two years, and in that time the person must file for and get permanent housing and usually some gainful employment or income, even if Social Security or assistance. The cost of transitional housing is the same or less expensive than emergency shelters.

  3. Homelessness - Wikipedia

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    Homelessness, also known as houselessness or being unhoused or unsheltered, is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing.It includes living on the streets, moving between temporary accommodation with family or friends, living in boarding houses with no security of tenure, [1] and people who leave their homes because of civil conflict and are refugees within their country.

  4. Tourist tax - Wikipedia

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    The tax can either be a fixed fee, for example, NZ$100 for the duration of a stay in New Zealand, or US$200 per day for visitors to Bhutan (thought to be highest form of tourist tax of any kind). [10] [11] In contrast to hotel taxes, which are usually charged per room, arrival taxes are levied against the individual.

  5. Liminality - Wikipedia

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    A hotel room is a liminal place, being an area that is only slept in for transient purposes and for a limited duration. The spatial dimension of liminality can include specific places, larger zones or areas, or entire countries and larger regions. [6]

  6. Short-term rental - Wikipedia

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    Fire codes, safety codes, workers' benefits, and transient occupancy taxes are often avoided by illegal short-term rentals. [6] Short-term rentals can pose a policy challenge to local lawmakers, who have to find a way to mitigate the problems that they cause for permanent residents.

  7. Newport World Resorts - Wikipedia

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    Resorts World Manila is the sister resort to Resorts World Genting in Malaysia and Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore. It was the first integrated resort in Metro Manila, and from 2009 to 2013 it was the only one in operation until the opening of Solaire Resort & Casino in Entertainment City , Parañaque, on March 16, 2013.

  8. Philippine General Hospital - Wikipedia

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    It is designated as the National University Hospital, and the national government referral center. It stands within a 10-hectare (25-acre) site located at the UP Manila Campus in Ermita, Manila. PGH has 1,100 beds and 400 private beds, and has an estimated of 4,000 employees to serve more than 600,000 patients every year. [3]

  9. List of eponymous streets in Metro Manila - Wikipedia

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    Malate, Manila: Macario Gonzales Adriatico (1869–1919) [2] Filipino writer, patriot and Philippine Assembly delegate. The street was previously named Dakota Street, after The Dakotas or collectively the U.S. states of North and South Dakota. Alix Street (Calle Alix) Sampaloc, Manila: José Maria Alix Real Audiencia of Manila magistrate in the ...