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Home as a Base for a Well-Lived Life: Comparing the Capabilities of Homeless Service Users in Housing First and the Staircase of Transition in Europe

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Pages 343-364 | Received 08 Nov 2019, Accepted 23 Apr 2020, Published online: 25 May 2020

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