They’re so concerned with looking good to their peers that they don’t notice unhoused is no better than homeless because the word homeless isn’t a problem in the first place.
I’ve got an idea about homelessness. Do you know what they ought to do? Change the name of it. It’s not “homelessness”, it’s “houselessness”. It’s houses these people need. A home is an abstract idea, a home is a setting, it’s a state of mind. These people need houses; physical, tangible structures. They need low-cost housing.
but unhoused reflects the fact that it is a societies duty to house its people, houseless like homeless leave it up to interpretation, whereas unhoused makes it more clear that this is a failing of the system not of individual people.
The “unhoused” term still seems so weird to me. It’s like a new zoomer word for homeless. I think it’s because of “unalive”.
They’re so concerned with looking good to their peers that they don’t notice unhoused is no better than homeless because the word homeless isn’t a problem in the first place.
-George Carlin
“Houselessness” sounds a lot better imo than “unhoused”. Fits in better with the existing term.
but unhoused reflects the fact that it is a societies duty to house its people, houseless like homeless leave it up to interpretation, whereas unhoused makes it more clear that this is a failing of the system not of individual people.