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UNSHELTERED HOMELESSNESS [3 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
  • Urban Housing
CONT

Homelessness encompasses a range of different living circumstances and includes unsheltered persons living on the streets, emergency sheltered individuals accessing homeless shelters, provisionally accommodated persons living in transitional housing or institutional contexts and those who are at risk of homelessness due to financial circumstances and/or the poor quality of their housing.

OBS

provisionally accommodated: This describes situations in which people, who are technically homeless and without permanent shelter, access accommodation that offers no prospect of permanence. Those who are provisionally accommodated may be accessing temporary housing provided by government or the non-profit sector, or may have independently made arrangements for short-term accommodation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
CONT

Personnes logées provisoirement. Cette catégorie décrit les situations dans lesquelles des gens, qui sont en théorie sans abri et qui n'ont pas de refuge permanent, accèdent à un hébergement qui n'offre pas de possibilités de permanence. Les personnes logées provisoirement peuvent accéder à des logements temporaires fournis par le gouvernement ou par le secteur sans but lucratif, ou prendront des mesures indépendantes pour accéder à un hébergement à court terme.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-04-26

English

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

French

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

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Social Problems
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

New funding for Addressing Homelessness and Encampments will help prevent and reduce homelessness for those with the highest housing needs, including those experiencing unsheltered homelessness or living in encampments.

OBS

Addressing Homelessness and Encampments: program announced in the 2024 federal budget.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

Le nouveau financement pour S'attaquer aux problèmes de l'itinérance et des campements aidera à prévenir et à réduire l'itinérance chez les personnes ayant le plus besoin de logement, y compris celles qui vivent dans l'itinérance à l'extérieur des refuges ou dans des campements.

OBS

S'attaquer aux problèmes de l'itinérance et des campements : programme annoncé dans le budget fédéral de 2024.

Spanish

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