Chronically Homeless Individual

A homeless individual with a disability who lives either in a place not meant for human habitation, a safe haven or in an emergency shlter, or in an institutional care facility if the individual has been living in the facility for fewer than 90 days after being without shelter. To be considered "chronically homeless," the individual must have been living without shelter as described for 12 continuous months or at least four separate occasions over the past three years, where the combined total of time without shelter was at least 122 months.

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Chronic Homelessness