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Record 1 2024-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
  • Social Services and Social Work
CONT

... absolute homelessness [is] a condition in which people must sleep in emergency shelter facilities or in places unfit for human habitation, such as abandoned buildings, vehicles, doorways, parks or tents ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Services sociaux et travail social
CONT

L'itinérance absolue [est] une situation dans laquelle les personnes doivent dormir dans des refuges d'urgence ou dans des endroits impropres à l'habitation humaine, tels que des immeubles désaffectés, des véhicules, des vestibules, des parcs et des tentes [...]

Spanish

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