adequate, affordable, authorities, banned, bring about, cardboard, consequence, cope,

counselling, coupled, denied, exclusion, external, fined, hostels, infections, initiatives, isolating,
laundry, looked upon, makeshift, offence, opt for, proportion, put…at risk, residential, roofless,
sanitary, schemes, seldom, self-esteem, set up, shelters sleeping rough

However rich a country may be it seems that there are always homeless people living in
_____________boxes and or sleeping bags in doorways. Some find shelter in _____________ shacks
in the woods away from _____________ areas. Sleeping rough is_____________the choice of the
individual. Many people find themselves on the street due to _____________ circumstances and
through no fault of their own. The homeless are _____________ their basic human right to living
conditions _____________ for their well-being and health.

Homeless people have no access to _____________ facilities. Poor personal hygiene _____
the homeless ________ of getting _____________. The poverty, violence and loneliness they
experience makes it hard for them to _____________ with everyday life, often leading to a high
_____________ of deaths and mental health issues, which can be the both the cause and
_____________ of rooflessness. Similarly the _____________ experience of _____________ may
_____________the erosion of _____________and confidence, which then can cause or aggravate
mental health conditions.

II.

People in different countries perceive homelessness differently. It is either _____________as

a stigma and _____________ people are blamed for their own living conditions or it is considered a
criminal _____________ and people are _____________ from living on the street. When caught,
they can be _____________ an amount they can hardly afford. No wonder that in such cases they
often _____________ a prison sentence, thus adding insult to injury.

In other places, efforts are made to fight this form of social _____________. One solution can
be for _____________ to provide _____________housing of an adequate standard. This is, however,
not enough since those who have access to such housing have to be able to pay for their
accomodation. Homelesness is necessarily _____________ with joblessness, therefore
_____________should help them enter the world of work again. As a temporary measure homeless
____________ / ____________ and warming centers are _____________where people living on the
street can seat, sleep and have access to medical care and _____________ as well. There are also
charities trying to help them. Help sometimes comes from individual _____________ such as free
mobile _____________ service.
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However rich a country may be it seems that there are always homeless people living in cardboard
boxes and or sleeping bags in doorways. Some find shelter in makeshift shacks in the woods away
from residential areas. Sleeping rough is seldom the choice of the individual. Many people find
themselves on the street due to external circumstances and through no fault of their own. The
homeless are denied their basic human right to living conditions adequate for their well-being and
health.

Homeless people have no access to sanitary facilities. Poor personal hygiene put the
homeless at an increased risk of getting infections. The poverty, violence and loneliness they
experience makes it hard for them to cope with everyday life, often leading to a high proportion of
deaths and mental health issues, which can be the both the cause and consequence of rooflessness.
Similarly the isolating experience of sleeping rough may bring about the erosion of self-esteem and
confidence, which then can cause or aggravate mental health conditions.

II.

People in different countries perceive homelessness differently. It is either looked upon as a

stigma and roofless people are blamed for their own living conditions or it is considered a criminal
offence and people are banned from living on the street. When caught, they can be fined an amount
they can hardly afford. No wonder that in such cases they often opt for a prison sentence, thus
adding insult to injury.

In other places, efforts are made to fight this form of social exclusion. One solution can be for
authorities to provide affordable housing of an adequate standard. This is, however, not enough
since those who have access to such housing have to be able to pay for their accomodation.
Homelesness is necessarily coupled with joblessness, therefore schemes should help them enter the
world of work again. As a temporary measure homeless shelters / hostels and warming centers are
set up where people living on the street can seat, sleep and have access to medical care and
counselling as well. There are also charities trying to help them. Help sometimes comes from
individual initiatives such as free mobile laundry service.