cause of homelessness
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcauseandhomelessness
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cause
noun
uk/kɔːz/us/kɑːz/
the reason why something, especially something ...
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homelessness
noun[U]
uk/ˈhəʊm.ləs.nəs/us/ˈhoʊm.ləs.nəs/
the state of being without ...
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(Definition ofcauseandhomelessnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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It has probably been a greatercauseofhomelessnessin this country than any other single factor.
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The biggest singlecauseofhomelessnessis lack of accommodation.
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The removal of that benefit is increasingly seen as acauseofhomelessnessamong young people.
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Mortgage repossession is the fastest-growingcauseofhomelessnessin families.
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Lack of security in this sector of housing has been increasingly a majorcauseofhomelessnessin our housing stress areas.
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It may be that thecauseofhomelessnessis that the wife has walked out or it may be that the house has burnt down.
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There is clearly no onecauseofhomelessness.
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He would have learnt that disputes with relatives and friends are the largest singlecauseofhomelessness.
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That is the fastest-growingcauseofhomelessnessin the country.
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There is no dispute—or should not be—that the single, most importantcauseofhomelessnessis the lack of affordable housing units.
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That is a much more commoncauseofhomelessnessthan divorce and the break-up of common law arrangements.
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I mention that at the beginning of my speech because rising unemployment is the primarycauseofhomelessnessand the housing market crisis.
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The biggest singlecauseofhomelessness, almost by definition must be lack of accommodation.
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The lack of security in this sector of the housing market was a major and increasingcauseofhomelessness, particularly in housing stress areas.
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We want to exclude them as acauseofhomelessness.
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It always gets the blame; it is the problem; it is thecauseofhomelessness.
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This is an indication only of the cases where unemployment was cited as the directcauseofhomelessness.
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The maincauseofhomelessnesswas concerned with personal, financial and social crises.
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