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hiromichi
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 Posted: Sat May 30, 2015 4:13 am Post subject: “three-quarter” homes |
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I would like to know an etymology of the captioned phrase.
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Lorikeet
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I had never heard that term before, so I googled. Apparently it is used in New York City. The article I found said, "Thousands of people live in three-quarter homes, which fall somewhere between regulated halfway houses and permanent housing. Also called sober or transitional homes, three-quarter homes are an offshoot of the murky world of outpatient substance abuse treatment for the poor. "
A halfway house is a place someone can go when they come out of a detox facility, for example, trying to lose a drug addiction. I guess the three-quarter home is related to the half way house, but apparently they are a problem there. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/01/nyregion/new-york-city-task-force-to-investigate-three-quarter-homes.html (This may have been the article you read)
Here is another article I found http://blog.palmpartners.com/three-quarter-way-house/ that explains the difference between halfway houses and three-quarter houses. |
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hiromichi
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| Posted: Wed Jun 03, 2015 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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Lorikeet:
Thank you for your detailed explanation.
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