Draft:Outline of homelessness
A condition of lacking stable, safe, and functional housing
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to homelessness:
Homelessness is the condition of lacking stable, safe, and adequate housing. The definition of homelessness differs from country to country, with some countries yet to have any definition in place. People can be categorized as homeless if they:
- are living on the streets (primary homelessness);
- have no permanent house or place to live safely
- are moving between temporary shelters, including houses of friends, family, hotels, and emergency accommodation (secondary homelessness)
The legal status of homeless people changes from place to place. Homeless enumeration studies conducted by the government of the United States also include people who sleep in a public or private place that is not designed for use as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings. Homelessness and poverty are interrelated. There is no standardized method for counting homeless individuals and identifying their needs; consequently, most cities only have estimated figures for their homeless populations.
What types of thing is homelessness?
Homelessness can be described as all of the following:
- a social issue
- a housing crisis
- a public health concern
- an economic problem
- a humanitarian challenge
Types of homelessness
Homelessness, by mode
Homelessness, by demographic
History of homelessness
- History of homelessness
Causes of homelessness
Dangers of homelessness
- Disease (due to lack of health care)
- Hypothermia (due to lack of shelter)
- Scabies (due to lack of access to hygiene facilities)
- Tooth decay (due to lack of dental care)
- Violence (due to lack of security)
General homelessness concepts
- Affordable housing
- Ahvaz
- Alcoholics
- Alcoholism
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- Anna Tibaijuka
- Anti-homelessness legislation
- Apartment
- Autism spectrum disorder
- Back on My Feet (non-profit organization)
- Beggar
- Begging
- Bergie
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Binner
- Boarding house
- Boston Common (park)
- Bowery
- Bridewell
- Bumvertising
- Bus
- Business Insider
- Busking
- Café
- Canton of Geneva
- Cardboard box
- Cardboard boxes
- Catch-22 (logic)
- Cathy Come Home
- Charleroi
- Christmas Shelters
- Chuck Currie
- Church body
- Civil defense
- Co-operative living arrangements
- Cohabitation
- Community Mental Health Act
- Contemporary Economic Policy
- Continuum of Care
- Convicts
- Cooling center
- County jail
- Credit score
- Crisis (charity)
- Dark Days (film)
- David Cappo
- Deinstitutionalisation
- Department for Communities and Local Government
- Derelict
- Developing country
- Digital object identifier
- Dignity Village
- Discrimination against the homeless
- Disownment
- Domestic violence
- Domestic violence shelter
- Down and Out in Paris and London
- Drifter (person)
- Dumpster
- Dwelling
- Earthquake
- Edna McConnell Clark Foundation
- Electronic Privacy Information Center
- Emergency management
- Empowerment
- English Poor Laws
- Exploitation of labor
- Extended family
- FEANTSA
- Federal government of the United States
- Flagellation
- Flophouse
- Food Not Bombs
- Food bank
- Foreclosure
- Forgotten man
- Four penny coffin
- Foyer (housing model)
- Freedom Tunnel
- Freighthopping
- Frontline Foundation
- Frostbite
- Gaol
- Gender identity
- George Orwell
- Georges Menahem
- Gini coefficient
- God Bless the Child (film)
- Goodwill Industries
- Grassroots
- Great Depression
- Group home
- Gothenburg
- HIV/AIDS
- Habitat for Humanity
- Habitual residence
- Hatchback
- Healthcare
- Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009
- Heritage Foundation
- Highways
- Hobo
- Homeless
- Homeless (disambiguation)
- Homeless Bill of Rights
- Homeless Friendly Precincts
- Homeless International
- Homeless Persons' Week
- Homeless Vulnerability Index
- Homeless World Cup
- Homeless children
- Homeless dumping
- Homeless ministry
- Homeless shelter
- Homeless shelters
- Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story
- Homeless veterans in the United States
- Homeless women in the United States
- Homelessness Action Week
- Homelessness among LGBT youth in the United States
- Homelessness and Aging
- Homelessness and mental health
- Homelessness services
- Hoovervilles
- Hotel
- House
- Household
- Housing First
- Housing first
- Housing inequality
- How the Other Half Lives
- Human migration
- Human rights
- Hurricane
- Hygiene program
- I Have A Name
- Institute of Medicine
- Integrated Authority File
- Interagency Council on Homelessness
- Interest group
- Intermodal container
- Internally displaced person
- International Standard Book Number
- International Year of Shelter for the Homeless
- Internet begging
- Internet cafes
- Interstates
- JSTOR
- Jack London
- Jammu and Kashmir
- Japan
- Jesus Christ
- Job Corps
- Kochi
- Kommunalka
- Ladakh
- Lanterman–Petris–Short Act
- Library of Congress Control Number
- List of countries by homeless population
- List of homelessness organizations
- List of street newspapers
- Litter
- Liz Murray
- Lodging
- London
- Maharashtra
- Malawi
- Male
- Marc Singer (documentarian)
- Mare Winningham
- Matti Vanhanen's first cabinet
- McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act
- McKinney–Vento Homeless Assistance Act
- Mental disorder
- Mental health
- Mental illness
- Michael E. Arth
- Minimum wage
- Mole People
- Mole people
- Motel
- Motels
- Mumbai
- NOW on PBS
- National Alliance to End Homelessness
- National Coalition for the Homeless
- National Diet Library
- Nea Ionia
- Net cafe refugee
- Net cafe refugees
- New York City Subway
- No fixed abode
- Nomad
- Non-governmental organization
- North Rhine-Westphalia
- Nutrition
- October Revolution
- Office of Civil Defense
- Orphans in the Soviet Union
- Pabbajja
- Palm Beach Post
- Panhandling
- Park
- Pathways to Housing
- Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
- Peasants' Revolt
- Pejorative
- Penny sit-up
- Personal infrastructure
- Perspectives on Psychological Science
- Philippa Howden-Chapman
- Pick-up truck
- Plasmapheresis
- Poverty
- Prison
- Pro bono
- Propiska in the Soviet Union
- PubMed Central
- PubMed Identifier
- Public Broadcasting Service
- Public libraries
- Public transportation
- RAND
- Rail yard
- Randall Amster
- Rapid Re-Housing
- Real Change
- Recluse
- Recreational vehicle
- Relational care
- Right to housing
- Romani people
- Roommate
- Roomsharing
- Rosanne Haggerty
- Rosie's Place
- Runaway (dependent)
- Running
- SAMHSA
- Saint Francis House (Boston)
- San'ya
- Sandwich board
- Schizophrenia
- Schnorrer
- School bus
- Section 8 (housing)
- Sedan (car)
- Self-sustainability
- Serfdom in Russia
- Settlement movement
- Sewerage
- Sexual orientation
- Shack
- Shanty town
- Shantytown
- Single Room Occupancy
- Single person
- Sinti
- Skid row
- Sleeping bag
- Sobriety
- Social exclusion
- Social welfare
- Solitude
- Soup kitchen
- Spare Change News
- Sport utility vehicle
- Squatting
- Station wagon
- Stewart McKinney (politician)
- Stocks
- Street News
- Street Roots
- Street Sense (newspaper)
- Street Sheet
- Street children
- Street children in Bangladesh
- Street children in Eastern Europe
- Street children in India
- Street children in Latin America
- Street children in the Philippines
- Street newspaper
- Street newspapers
- Street people
- StreetWise
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Substance abuse
- Substandard
- Supported Accommodation Assistance Program
- Supportive housing
- Taitō
- Tarpaulin
- Temple University Beasley School of Law
- Tent
- Tent city
- The Big Issue
- The People of the Abyss
- The Salvation Army
- The Washington Times
- ThinkProgress
- Thomas Menino
- Train station
- Tramp
- Transitional housing
- Traumatic brain injury
- Travelodge
- Travelodge UK
- Tuberculosis
- Underground living
- UN-HABITAT
- UNESCO
- UNICEF
- United Kingdom
- United Nations
- United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
- United Nations Environment Programme
- United Nations General Assembly
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme
- United States Conference of Mayors
- United States Department of Health and Human Services
- United States Department of Housing and Urban Development
- United States Department of Labor
- United States Department of Veterans Affairs
- United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- University of Oregon
- Vagabond (person)
- Vagrancy (people)
- Van
- Voice Mail
- Vulnerability Index
- WBUR
- WFXT
- Wall of kindness
- War
- Warming center
- Warming centers
- Waste management
- Waste picker
- Wayback Machine
- Western world
- Women's shelter
- Work ethic
- Workforce Investment Act
- Workhouse
- Yonge Street
- Youth Homelessness Matters Day
Homelessness by region
- Homelessness in Africa
- Homelessness in Asia
- Homelessness in Australia
- Homelessness in Europe
- Homelessness in the Middle East
- Homelessness in North America
- Homelessness in New Zealand
Housing
Homeless services
- Housing programs
Homeless advocacy organizations
- 100,000 Homes Campaign – A US program aimed at placing 100,000 chronically homeless people in stable housing.
- Ali Forney Center – An organization dedicated to LGBTQ+ homeless youth in New York City.
- Coalition for the Homeless – Advocacy group focused on homelessness in New York, providing various services and engaging in litigation.
- National Alliance to End Homelessness – Organization addressing homelessness in the United States through research and advocacy.
- National Homelessness Law Center – Nonprofit organization using legal advocacy to end homelessness.
- Invisible People (organization) – A nonprofit that educates the public about homelessness through storytelling and advocacy.
- Covenant House – Provides shelter and services to homeless youth across North America.
- Crisis (charity) – UK-based charity dedicated to ending homelessness.
- Habitat for Humanity – Organization that helps families build and improve places to call home.
See also
References
External links
Homelessness at Wikipedia's sister projects
Definitions from Wiktionary
Media from Commons
Quotations from Wikiquote
Texts from Wikisource
Textbooks from Wikibooks
Resources from Wikiversity
