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The premature ageing of the homeless and the increasingly stronger presence of individuals aged 70 and over in social emergency institutions poses a question for professionals regarding end-of-life support. Based on an ethnographic survey at a French Lits halte soins santé centre, which provides temporary medical care and accommodation for the homeless, this article analyses the difficulties encountered by professionals, their responses, and the solutions that they experiment regarding end-of-life situations. At the same time, it considers how these responses are situated as part of an ecological order offering “footholds” for support and helping to (re) define the dwelling practices of caredfor individuals. Depending on the situation, the institution can be seen as a place for living, with its spatial and social inscriptions, or as a place for dying. In other cases, death comes upon individuals navigating between homelessness and assistance.