the homeless

noun

: homeless people : people who have no place to live

a shelter for the homeless

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The two also battled over key issues facing the city, including affordable housing and the homeless crisis. — Tom Wait, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026 The City of Los Angeles applied for two of LAHSA’s functions, the homeless database and the matching system, but scored below Los Angeles County in both. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026 One was to feed the homeless at the Midnight Mission in downtown LA. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2026 In the year since the City of Orlando turned two passenger buses into mobile bunkhouses for the homeless, 260 people have spent at least a night and more than 160 have found housing, officials said Thursday. — Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the homeless

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