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1 GLOSSARY <br />2 ADU <br />3 <br />4 _ An -accessory dwelling unit, usually just called an ADU, is a secondary housing <br />5 unit on a s ingle-family residential lot. These may be converted garages, backyard <br />6 cottages, or granny flats, for example. <br />7 <br />8 Brokering <br />9 <br />10 A referral system where money or other inducements are exchanged by owners of <br />11 _ : , disreputable homes toget: new clients. The recipients may be residents, clinics, or even <br />12 - members of self-help groups such as AA12-step programs. <br />13 <br />14 Code Enforcement <br />15 <br />----16---- Activity by local -government agencies to identify and correct problems and abuses by <br />17 citizens and businesses. <br />18 <br />19 Congregate Care Living <br />20 <br />21 -A residential home that offers- inpatient services to its residents. Generally, the care that <br />22 - -this -institution provides':is more -intense than what a skilled nursing care facility offers but <br />23' _ less intense than what a general acute care hospital provides. <br />24 <br />25 Curbing <br />26 <br />27= The`act of evicting residents; often done late at night, -so-called because -they and - --- <br />_ 28 -their belongings_ are sent to the curb. Eviction may occur when such residents' <br />_ 29. insurance runs out -or for violating house rules. They frequently have nowhere to go and <br />-- 30____ often- have no resources, essentially rendering them homeless. <br />31 <br />32 Deinstitutionalization <br />33 <br />34 " ' The closing (or reduction of -services) of residential facilities, often referred to as mental <br />35- hospitals; and the _reliance on smaller, more personal "homes" as a means of <br />36 rehabilitation. <br />37 <br />38 Detox <br />39 <br />-40 Program or facility for -assisting a person undergoing treatment from an intoxicating or <br />41 addictive substance. <br />42 <br />