Meaning of scatter site | Babel Free

Definitions

An area of state-sponsored housing used as a shelter for homeless people; such housing is scattered across different parts of a city rather than concentrated in one place.

Examples

“It is designed for single-family use in subdivisions or scatter sites and available as a standardized product […]”

“Living conditions in scatter sites depend largely on landlords' compliance and a little bit of luck.”

“Between 1998 and 2005, the number of homeless families sleeping in New York City shelters, purchased hotel rooms ("welfare hotels"), and scatter site housing increased by 95 percent, […]”

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