### Question
How does Primary Health Care define homeless individual?


### Answer
Under *42 U.S.C. § 254b*, **homeless individual** is defined as:

> an individual who lacks housing (without regard to whether the individual is a member of a family), including an individual whose primary residence during the night is a supervised public or private facility that provides temporary living accommodations and an individual who is a resident in transitional housing

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 254b*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 6A-PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE > SUBCHAPTER II-GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES > Part D-Primary Health Care > subpart i-health centers**

