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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 24-1 Definitions.">
  <section prefix="§" num="24-1" heading="Definitions.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Homeless.">A person shall be considered homeless if:<para num="(1)">the person has no present possessory interest in a living accommodation and lacks the means necessary to obtain such interest; or</para>
      <para num="(2)">the person has a possessory interest in a living accommodation but:<para num="(i)">the person is unable to secure entry to that accommodation; or</para>
        <para num="(ii)">occupation of the accommodation would likely lead to violence from another occupant.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Adequate shelter.">Adequate shelter is that which to a reasonable degree maintains, protects, and supports human health, is accessible, safe, and sanitary, and has an atmosphere of reasonable dignity.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §§249, 250</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 94-327</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
