Edit
I kinda made this post out of spite for the fact the most previous post in this community, whose title I quoted/copied, was getting so many downvotes… At the time I posted this, the previous post had about a 30% downvote rate, and it really, really made me mad.
I am relieved tho to see people in the comments here who have real, actual empathy for their fellow humans. Thank you for contributing here.
It blows my mind how normalized it is to hate on those who are struggling. Especially in 20fucking23 when so many of us now are on the verge of it ourselves. Let’s be better, everyone - to everyone. I beg you.
Unhoused? That’s different from homeless?
It just showed up a year or two ago.
My understanding is that It partly differentiates housing (having a place indoors, a shelter, etc.) from having a home–an apartment, etc. So you could be homeless, living in a shelter, but still not unhoused.
It’s also sort of the “in” word.
Either you are homeless or not. You don’t need to use another word that means the same thing. It just makes you feel better describing the situation of a person but it doesn’t do a damn thing else to help that person.