housing security
Stable living arrangements
Housing security is the state of having stable, safe, and affordable shelter without imminent risk of losing it.
The term appears in policy discussions alongside food security and job security as basic human needs: The program aims to improve housing security for low-income families.
Someone with housing security isn't worried about eviction, foreclosure, or homelessness.
- affordabilityState of being purchasable
- homeless sheltersTemporary residence for unhoused
- lease agreementsContracts governing property rental
- rent controlHousing price regulation
- building codesLaws governing structure safety
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- housing lawrent regulation, rent control, tenant rights, eviction, lease agreement
- tenant lawtenant rights, tenant protection, rent control, landlord duties, lease agreements
housing securityhomelessness
Lacking permanent residence
houselessness · rough sleeping · displacement · eviction · transience