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UK
/hˈəʊmləsnəs/
]
[ US /ˈhoʊmɫəsnəs/ ]
[ US /ˈhoʊmɫəsnəs/ ]
NOUN
- the state or condition of having no home (especially the state of living in the streets)
How To Use homelessness In A Sentence
- If the mortgage rate has to go up to bring the price of houses down, it will create more homelessness because of repossessions.
- Violence victims face homelessness Social workers need more training in housing legislation to protect victims of domestic violence being made homeless.
- She said homelessness had mushroomed during the economic boom, with young people making up larger numbers of those sleeping rough.
- They have managed to liberate many from this ‘trap’ only to ensnare them in the homelessness maze.
- The moment of transition is one of the great mysteries of homelessness. STUART: A Life Backwards
- One reason is "survivor bias"—having survived not only the bombings but homelessness, hunger and a typhoon in the immediate aftermath, the subjects may be a hardier lot than the Japanese population at large. Coal Is More Dangerous Than Nuclear
- to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real
- Homelessness, overseas aid, prison overcrowding, electoral reform and the maintenance of peace are all on the agenda.
- Even though the word "homeless" suggests the absence of a home is the sole defining characteristic, homelessness is far more complex than the name suggests. David Henderson: There Is More to Ending Homelessness Than Simply Building Affordable Housing
- We must avoid the downward spiral in which unemployment leads to homelessness and then to crime.