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unhoused

[uhn-hohzd] / ʌnˈhoʊzd /
ADJECTIVE
without permanent shelter
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A few hours earlier, while waiting for Wille outside the museum, I encountered an elderly Black man, apparently unhoused, standing on Michigan Avenue.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

On its website, the 1887 Fund calls the chapel a “beacon of hope for L.A.’s unhoused veterans.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Maybe it had nothing to do with the unhoused neighbors, or with the housed neighbors either.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

That strip of land is where unhoused people congregated until Evans said she and others complained and the city put up fencing and placed boulders to keep them out.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Why, even her father could not be so—so hard as to sleep undisturbed while she was unhoused!

From The Place Beyond the Winds by Potter, Harry Spafford