• Allonzee@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    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.

    -George Carlin

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      3 hours ago

      “Houselessness” sounds a lot better imo than “unhoused”. Fits in better with the existing term.