live on the street(s)
idiom
: to be homeless
He lost his job and eventually was living on the street(s).
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Related Articles Almost 70% of California homeless people live on the street.
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Liz Perlman, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
How many of them would live on the streets if the government refused to provide housing for them?
—Rafael Perez, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
Also, neither migrants nor refugees travel thousands of miles with their families to live on the streets.
—Rafael Perez, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
City Controller Kenneth Mejia was one of the ordinance’s biggest detractors and has said the law creates additional trauma for those who live on the streets.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
The Grants Pass case reaffirmed a person's right to live on the street if no shelter is available.
—The Arizona Republic, 16 Jan. 2024
About 300 households live on the streets with gates.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
Unlike in colder-weather states, most homeless people in California live on the streets, in cars and along rivers.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2023
But those homeless numbers contain something even more tragic than our easy narratives of mental illness or drug use leading people to live on the streets.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
Liz Perlman, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
How many of them would live on the streets if the government refused to provide housing for them?
—Rafael Perez, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
Also, neither migrants nor refugees travel thousands of miles with their families to live on the streets.
—Rafael Perez, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
City Controller Kenneth Mejia was one of the ordinance’s biggest detractors and has said the law creates additional trauma for those who live on the streets.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
The Grants Pass case reaffirmed a person's right to live on the street if no shelter is available.
—The Arizona Republic, 16 Jan. 2024
About 300 households live on the streets with gates.
—Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2024
Unlike in colder-weather states, most homeless people in California live on the streets, in cars and along rivers.
—Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2023
But those homeless numbers contain something even more tragic than our easy narratives of mental illness or drug use leading people to live on the streets.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2023
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