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Re:Finland is the only EU country where homelessness is in d... by ixtli on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @10:40AM (#21992326)
If anything there should be a more broad term, something that includes people who are housing-unstable. I don't really consider the problem solved if a person worries every day that they might be homeless at the end of the next month!
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Re:Finland is the only EU country where homelessness is in d... by sjg007 on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @10:44AM (#21992366)
The term you are looking for is "housing insecurity".
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Re:Finland is the only EU country where homelessness is in d... by mrec on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @10:51AM (#21992433)
"Roofless" is also a useful term to distinguish people actually sleeping rough from people crashing on friends' couches or in sketchy hostels or maybe squats. It's commonly used in the UK, dunno about elsewhere.
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Re:Finland is the only EU country where homelessness is in d... by ixtli on Wednesday January 08, 2020 @02:12PM (#21994683)
ah yes. i had kinda a 'brain fart' when i wrote this comment. i knew this phrase existed but couldn't remember!
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