Homelessness, Ageing and Dying 9 Figure 2.1 FEANTSA ETHOS Typology of Homelessness Operational Category Living Situation Generic Definition 1. People living Rough 1.1 Public space or external space Living in the streets or public spaces, without a shelter that can be defined as living quarters 2. People in emergency 2.1 Night shelter People with no usual place of residence who accommodation make use of overnight shelter, low threshold shelter 3. People in accommodation for 3.1 Homeless hostel Where the period of stay is intended to be short the homeless 3.2 Temporary Accommodation term 3.3 Transitional supported accommodation 4. People in Women’s shelter 4.1 Women’s shelter Women accommodated due to experience of accommodation domestic violence and where the period of stay is intended to be short term 5. People in accommodation for 5.1 Temporary accommodation/ Immigrants in reception or short term immigrants reception centres accommodation due to their immigrant status 5.2 Migrant workers accommodation 6. People due to be released from 6.1 Penal Institutions No housing available prior to release institutions 6.2 Medical Institutions (*) Stay longer than needed due to lack of housing 6.3 Children’s Institutions/homes No housing identified (e.g. by 18th birthday) 7. People receiving longer-term 7.1 Residential care for older Long stay accommodation with care for formerly support (due to homelessness) homeless people homeless people (normally more than one year) 7.2 Supported accommodation for formerly homeless people 8. People living in insecure 8.1 Temporarily with family/friends Living in conventional housing but not the usual accommodation 8.2 No legal (sub) tenancy or place of residence due to lack of housing 8.3 Illegal occupation of land Occupation of dwelling with no legal tenancy illegal occupation of a dwelling Occupation of land with no legal rights 9. People living under threat of 9.1 Legal orders enforced (rented) Where orders for eviction are operative eviction 9.2 Re-possession orders (owned) Where mortagee has legal order to re-possess 10. People living under threat of 10.1 Police recorded incidents Where police action is taken to ensure place of violence safety for victims of domestic 11. People living in temporary/ 11.1 Mobile homes Not intended as place of usual residence non–conventional structures 11.2 Non-conventional building Makeshift shelter, shack or shanty 11.3 Temporary structure Semi-permanent structure hut or cabin 12. People living in unfit housing 12.1 Occupied dwellings unfit for Defined as unfit for habitation by national habitation legislation or building regulations 13. People living in extreme 13.1 Highest national norm of Defined as exceeding national density standard over-crowding overcrowding for floor-space or useable rooms (*) includes drug rehabilitation institutions, psychiatric hospitals etc. Note: Short stay is defined as normally less than one year; Long stay is defined as more than one year. This definition is compatible with Census definitions as recommended by the UNECE/EUROSTAT report (2006)
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