rough sleeping
Sleeping without shelter
Rough sleeping is sleeping outdoors or in places not designed for habitation—doorways, parks, under bridges, in cars.
The term is primarily British, used in official and social service contexts to describe the most visible form of homelessness: The charity provides outreach to people rough sleeping in the city centre.
A rough sleeper is someone who does this regularly.
- housing crisisSevere lack of affordable dwellings
- sheltersPlaces offering protection
- emergency shelterTemporary housing during disasters
- homelessWithout a dwelling
- alleywaysNarrow urban passages
abandoned buildings · park benches · unhoused · poverty · vagrancy · unemployment · mental illness · train stations · underpasses · government policies · social inequality · domestic violence · tents · cardboard boxes · outreach services · support services · addiction · eviction
- homelessnesshomeless, homeless shelters, unhoused, homeless veterans, houseless
- survival tacticspanhandling, dumpster diving, scavenging, squatting, soup kitchens
- vagrancyloitering, panhandling, begging, homelessness, itinerancy
- social issuesinequality, racism, poverty, illiteracy, homelessness
- public housingpublic housing, social housing, council housing, housing estates, housing project
- UK Housingcouncil houses, Victorian terrace, council flats, council estates, terraced houses
rough sleepinghomeownership
Legally possessing residential property
housed · couch surfing · renting · social housing · temporary shelter
rough sleepingaffluence
Abundance of money
prosperity · financial security · privilege · wealth · social inclusion