homelessness
lack of permanent housing, especially this condition generally as a matter of public concern: The city partners with community groups to offer resources for youth experiencing homelessness or housing instability.
lack of a feeling of belonging; rootlessness or restlessness: He writes about a feeling of homelessness after immigration, when he felt neither firmly bound to his native culture nor fully adapted to the new one.
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Crime, fiscal recklessness, and homelessness are stirring like discordant strains of music.
Why New York—and Bill de Blasio—May Haunt Hillary Clinton in a 2016 Campaign | Lloyd Green | June 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf the issue that brought a child into foster care is homelessness, child welfare systems must find parents housing.
How a new study could give new insight into what causes homelessness.
New Research Shows Half of All Homeless Have Suffered Traumatic Brain Injury | Charlotte Lytton | April 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe findings are important in demonstrating that homelessness can often be created by medical—as opposed to lifestyle—deviations.
New Research Shows Half of All Homeless Have Suffered Traumatic Brain Injury | Charlotte Lytton | April 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHealthcare, hunger, homelessness, prison re-entry, and interfaith dialogue are all key areas plus more.
The homelessness of men, and even of inanimate vessels, cast away upon strange shores, came strongly in upon my mind.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI | Robert Louis StevensonThe windows of the stores were thick with frost, and Albert shivered with a sense of homelessness.
Other Main-Travelled Roads | Hamlin GarlandI would ask you to note that in none of the five cases was bad motherhood caused by poverty and homelessness.
Women's Wild Oats | C. Gasquoine HartleyIt is a state far from God; in other words, it is a state of homelessness.
Sermons Preached at Brighton | Frederick W. RobertsonI had gathered that there was disgrace hanging over us, disgrace, and homelessness for Theobald and me.
The Story of Bawn | Katharine Tynan
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