Homeless definition

Homeless means lacking fixed, regular and adequate housing. You may be homeless if you are living in shelters, parks, motels, hotels, public spaces, camping grounds, cars, abandoned buildings, or temporarily living with other people because you have nowhere else to go. Also, if you are living in any of these situations and fleeing an abusive parent, you may be considered homeless even if your parent would otherwise provide a place to live.
Homeless means Homeless as defined in Section 420.621, F.S.
Homeless means anyone who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence.

Examples of Homeless in a sentence

  • UNDERSTANDING AND APPROACH Provision C.17, Discharges Associated with Unsheltered Homeless Populations, is a provision new to MRP 3.0. There are two main areas of implementation and reporting for this provision: • Mapping of approximate locations of unsheltered homeless populations; and • Identifying, implementing, and reporting on Best Management Practices (BMPs) to address MS4 discharges associated with homelessness that impact water quality.

  • Any federal CDBG or Homeless Housing and Services (2163) Funds made available under this Contract to provide public (human) services shall not be utilized by the Contractor to reduce or replace the local financial support currently being provided to public (human) service programs.

  • The association of negative emotions and stigmas towards these individuals and their continual dehumanization prove to shape, enforce, and justify inhumane behaviors and actions towards them.108 By associating the outgroup with negative, often dangerous or fear-inducing, stigmas, culturally-dominant group individuals can act “on a [biased] moral imperative and preserve their view of themselves as moral agents while indicting 107 “7 Myths About Homelessness – Homeless Voice.” Accessed July 26, 2020.

  • The agency director will be the point of contact for the Homeless Coalition and the Contract Manager will be the point of contact for the Early Learning Coalition.

  • DFL’s Homeless Street Outreach teams provide jurisdictional, targeted, and dispatchable outreach across the county and are responsible for successfully engaging hard-to-reach residents living without homes with needed life-saving resources and linking them with community supports and services.


More Definitions of Homeless

Homeless means a) an individual or family which lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence; or b) an individual or family which has a primary nighttime residence that:
Homeless means anyone who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence as described in the McKinney-Vento Act. McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Title IX, Part A of ESSA)
Homeless means lacking a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime
Homeless in the ERDC program means lacking a fixed regular and adequate nighttime residence and includes living in an emergency shelter, shared housing with others due to loss of housing or economic hardship, staying in motels, cars, parks, public places, tents, trailers, or other similar settings.
Homeless means (1) lacking a fixed, regular and adequate nighttime residence; and has a primary nighttime residence that is a supervised public or private shelter providing temporary accommodations or a public or private place not ordinarily used as sleeping accommodations for human beings, OR (2) displaced as a result of fleeing violence in the home; and has a temporary residence that is a supervised public or private shelter OR (3) certified by an agency involved in regularly determining Homeless status. OR (4) displaced as a result of a major disaster and receiving FEMA assistance. Homeless individuals are considered Homeless for a period of twenty-four (24) months from the date of move-in, according to Section 103 of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act and 42(i)(3)(B)(iii)(I) of the Code.
Homeless means an individual who is physically present in this state, but is living in a park, under a bridge, on the streets, in a vehicle or camper, or is otherwise without a traditional dwelling, and also one who resides in this state but does not maintain a permanent address. The term does not include individuals who are temporarily domiciled or individuals residing in public or private shelters that provide temporary living accommodations.
Homeless means a Family who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence or a Family who has a primary nighttime residence that is: