homeless population

collocation in English

meaningsofhomelessandpopulation

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homeless
adjective
uk
/ˈhəʊm.ləs/us
/ˈhoʊm.ləs/
without ...
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population
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˌpɒp.jəˈleɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌpɑː.pjəˈleɪ.ʃən/
all the people living in a particular country, area, ...
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(Definition ofhomelessandpopulationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Finally, although this case study demonstrated effective interdisciplinary working, formalized multidisciplinary teams for thehomelesspopulationare probably required.
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The contrast between the homeless and squatter or village boys is particularly informative, given that thehomelesspopulationderives largely from these two groups.
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It was estimated that 15% of thehomelesspopulationmoved from hostel to hostel.
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A city centre practice serves thehomelesspopulationwhilst other practices were in suburban areas with a largely housed population.
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Boundary busting and mentally illhomelesspopulation.
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For too long thehomelesspopulationhave represented the growing divide, the inexcusable inequality, in this country.
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Young people who have had contact with the local authority care system are hugely over-represented in thehomelesspopulation.
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He said that thehomelesspopulationin his constituency had been treated worse than criminals.
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There is an unrecognised and hiddenhomelesspopulationwithin our country and in this city.
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It is an irrefutable fact that single people make up the largest percentage of thehomelesspopulation.
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Those initiatives will not immediately assist those in need of psychiatric treatment and currently among thehomelesspopulation.
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The number is increasing and the impression is—and no doubt this will be brought out in the long-term survey—that the character of thishomelesspopulationis changing.
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Thus, it should be noted that the count conducted in 2011 implies that thehomelesspopulationhas remained relatively stable between 2008 and 2011.
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This community organization initiative provides thehomelesspopulationwith a source of housing as well as employment in the building of affordable homes.
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The homeless shelters across the country act merely as emergency shelter systems that can only hold a fraction of the rapidly increasinghomelesspopulation.
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Currently there are policy changes in who receives vouchers and there will be a reduction in the amount of vouchers granted to thehomelesspopulation.
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There was also a swell in the area'shomelesspopulation.
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Forced evictions of internally displaced persons from public land and buildings have contributed heavily to thehomelesspopulationof the country.
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Contractors initially worked on easy work, and thehomelesspopulationincreased.
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Studies found that 33% of thehomelesspopulationand 14% of inmates in prisons and jails were already diagnosed with a mental illness.
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