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Group homes

Scope note

Use for residential dwellings that are single housekeeping units, provide care for small groups of unrelated residents requiring supervision, and are intended to reproduce the circumstances of family life; for temporary residences of former convicts, drug users, or mental patients awaiting a return to society, use "halfway houses."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

30006763

Broader Terms used

welfare buildings

Equivalent Terms used

group home

Created

13yrs ago

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