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transitional housing  

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  • Transitional housing has come to play a major but controversial role as a public response to homelessness in the United States. Proponents assert that it offers the combination of housing and services that homeless families and individuals with multiple problems need to achieve residential stability. [Source: Encyclopedia of Homelessness; Housing, Transitional]

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