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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.
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Rights. The right to housing (occasionally right to shelter[1]) is the economic, social and cultural right to adequate housing and shelter. It is recognized in some national constitutions and in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. [2] The right to housing is regarded as a ...
Graffiti of homeless in Quebec City. Homelessness in Canada was not a social problem until the 1980s. [1] The Canadian government housing policies and programs in place throughout the 1970s were based on a concept of shelter as a basic need or requirement for survival and of the obligation of government and society to provide adequate housing for everyone.
The latest, from 2017, counted 6,635 homeless people in Denmark. [3][4] The total number of people experiencing homelessness at some point in 2017 was estimated at 13,000, [3] while earlier estimates have placed it between 10,000 and 15,000. [5] Roughly half the homeless are in the Capital Region. [4] When compared to many other countries, such ...
Homelessness in China. Homelessness in China is a social issue. In 2011, there were approximately 2.41 million homeless adults and 179,000 homeless children living in the country. [1] However, owing to government policies and housing schemes, China has managed, to some extent, to tackle the problem.
Anti-homelessness legislation. Man sleeps on the street. Anti-homelessness legislation can take two forms: legislation that aims to help and re-house homeless people; and legislation that is intended to send homeless people to homeless shelters compulsorily, or to criminalize homelessness and begging.
A definition of homelessness was written into Greece's national legislation in 2012. [3] Article 29 of Law 4052 includes two defining provisions. [3] Firstly, the homeless are "all persons legally residing in the country, that have no access, or have unsafe access to sufficient privately owned, rented or bestowed housing that meets the required specification and has basic water services and ...