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prevention of homelessness: overview  

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  • Citizens, service providers, and researchers are united in believing that homelessness in a wealthy nation like the United States should be prevented. Ideas for preventing homelessness abound, but evidence about how well particular prevention strategies work, or would work were they to be tried, is sparse. [Source: Encyclopedia of Homelessness; Prevention of Homelessness: Overview]

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