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Definition for Chronic Homelessness

Chronic Homelessness - Chronic Homelessness

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) defines a person experiencing chronic homelessness as an unaccompanied individual with a disabling condition who has been continuously homeless for a year or more, or has had at least four episodes of homelessness in the past three years.