Who are the homeless? Well, there is a difference of opinion as to who is homeless. The National Coalition for the Homeless, (NCH), the Stewart B. McKinney Act of 1994, which is the first major federal legislature response to homelessness, defines it as one who lacks a fixed, regular and adequate night-time residence; a primary night-time residency that is supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations; an institution that provides a temporary residence for individuals intended to be institutionalized or a public or private place not designed for ordinary use as a regular sleeping accommodations for human beings." This (National Coalition for the Homeless) However, Alice K. Johnson, in the Encyclopedia of Social Work, concurs with a portion of this definition of homelessness, citing three different terms defines it best. She defines homelessness as the lack of any type of regular dwelling. Those that are "literally......
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