overnight shelter
Place to sleep
An overnight shelter is a facility that provides temporary sleeping accommodations for people experiencing homelessness, typically operating only during nighttime hours.
Unlike transitional housing, guests must leave during the day: The overnight shelter opens at 7 PM and closes at 7 AM.
Many operate seasonally during cold weather months.
- hostelShared traveler lodging
- refugePlace of safety
- emergency housingTemporary refuge during crisis
- crashSudden violent impact
- bunkNonsense or stacked bed
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- emergency shelterstemporary housing, emergency housing, emergency beds, emergency bed, warming center
- homelessnesshomeless, unhoused, homeless veterans, houseless, street people
- wayfarer lodginginn, hostel, guesthouse, caravanserai, way station
- trail shelterslean-to, lean-tos, hut, huts, refuge
overnight shelterpermanent home
Lasting place of residence
permanent residence · forever home · family home · homeownership · apartment
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