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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

As an aside, is unhoused really a better term for homeless? It sounds like a meme censor thing like unalive.

They are without home, they are homeless. There’s nothing wrong with that surely.

Or have the social censor extended their iron grasp to this too?

[–] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

"iron grasp of the social censors"... I don't know what politically correct society you're living in buddy, but this sounds like crying about woke shit to me

[–] Bombastion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I think the nuance here is that lacking a house doesn't mean you're lacking a home. A home is a much more complicated idea that involves family or community for many people, whereas a house is just a thing by contrast.

That said, my understanding is that most people find the terms roughly equivalent, and I've never been either, so I might be misunderstand it.

[–] Five@slrpnk.net 3 points 4 hours ago

The rate of people living on the streets is not a constant across even all capitalist societies, 'homeless' describes a state without implying a cause. 'Unhoused' properly implies that people could have shelter, but the society they live in has failed to make houses available to them.