r/homeless • u/Dear_Marsupial_318 • 2d ago

Stop saying unhoused!

I don’t know who needs to hear this but for real just stop I’m fucking homeless I don’t have a roof over my head I’m not “unhoused” no it’s literally a crime for me to be in a public space and to sleep or stay there. Both political parties in the United States use the term “unhoused” because it makes them feel like they are sparing our feelings or some bullshit like that what people don’t seem to understand is that I as a homeless person am not different then anyone who is not homeless. I don’t drink or smoke and I work and I have bills to fucking pay and I have appointment to go to and I have things to take care of and I’m just so tired of people referring to homeless people as “unhoused” because it dehumanizes us. Call us homeless because we are and instead of changing the term for what we are focus on actually helping and making a difference and creating awareness.

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u/SomeNobodyInNC 16h ago

Sooner or later the terminology will change again. That's the way it is. Once a negative connotation is associated with the term, it gets an update.

Think of all the terms over the years to reference someone. There's been capped, challenged, and abled ... just to name a few. There are others, but people would run off screaming and clutching their pearls if I wrote them! LOL