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Table 6 Characterization of precarious housing

From: Prospective client survey and participatory process ahead of opening a mobile drug consumption room in Lisbon

 

Number

Percent

No roof: sleeping in the street or overnight shelter or temporary shelter for less than 3 months, forced to spend several hours a day in a public space.

21

72

Homeless: living in a shelter, refugee centers, prison, community therapy, a psychiatric hospital.

3

10

Unsafe housing: living temporarily with family or friends (not by choice), not having a lease (excluding squatting), subject to threat of eviction, living under threat of partner or family violence.

2

7

Inadequate housing: living in a mobile home, caravan, van, squatting, living in overcrowded housing.

3

10

Total

29

100