单词 | housing insecure |
释义 | > as lemmashousing insecure housing insecure adj. (of a person) without stable or adequate living arrangements; esp. at risk of eviction, or living in unsafe or unsuitable conditions; (also of a place) having a large proportion of residents at risk of being made homeless, usually due to a lack of affordable housing.While housing insecurity is often distinguished from homelessness, homelessness is also sometimes considered to be a form of housing insecurity; cf. quot. 2017. ΚΠ 2004 D. Raphael Social Determinants of Health iii. 172 Data is provided on the increasing number of housing insecure and homeless Canadians. 2017 R. E. Hallett & R. Crutchfield Homelessness & Housing Insecurity in Higher Educ. (e-book, accessed 30 Sept. 2021) 25 [Many students] identified as homeless or housing insecure, which included couch surfing, living in cars, or residing in shelters. 2020 @CityMonitorAI 22 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 30 Sept. 2021) London is by far the least affordable city to rent in and the most housing-insecure. Residents there spend, on average, 56% of their monthly income on rent. < as lemmas |
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