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It is also meant to expand the set of responses to be made to address the problem of homelessness in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Although the experience of homelessness has put all homeless people in a similar unfortunate situation, it must not be noted however that the extent and weight of its effects vary to different groups of homeless people.<\/p>\n<p>The problem of homelessness is not merely a lack of housing facility because homeless people experience homelessness at the most personal level.<\/p>\n<p>And so, a strategy that will generalize their experiences as one and the same is plain inadequate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To quote the definition made by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, it is when a person, family, or group of people do not have a stable and permanent residence as well as no means of acquiring one. 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