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Why Re-defining Homelessness and Responding to Census Data Should Inform Homeless Policy

Why Re-defining Homelessness  and Responding to Census Data Should Inform Homeless Policy in India

June 13, 2016 (photo: Vivek Trivedi) The 2011 census counts 17, 73,040 homeless people in India -  52.9 % in urban areas and 47.1% in rural areas – on the basis of a definition that identifies a person or family as homeless if they do not live in a ‘census house,’ which refers to a ‘structure with roof.' Based on this definition,

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