shelter beds
Refuge sleeping spots
Shelter beds are sleeping accommodations in emergency housing facilities for homeless individuals or others in crisis.
The term treats beds as the unit of capacity: The city added two hundred shelter beds this winter.
News reports and policy discussions use the phrase to quantify available resources: Demand for shelter beds exceeds supply.
- cotsSmall portable beds
- blanketsFabric bed coverings
- homelessWithout a dwelling
- refugePlace of safety
- dormitoryStudent living building
mattress · sleeping bag · warmth · cold weather · warming center · intake · intake form · overflow · capacity · bunks · pillows · night · safety · housing · transient · sleeping · crowded · charity
- housingapartments, home, house, houses, homes
- Salvation Armyred kettles, bell ringers, thrift stores, Salvationist, kettles
shelter bedshomeownership
Legally possessing residential property
permanent residence · mortgage · family home · long-term rental · apartment lease
shelter, beds, sheltered, sheltering, shelters, unsheltered, shelterbelt, bedded, bedding