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houseless

[haus-lis] / ˈhaʊs lɪs /
ADJECTIVE
without permanent shelter
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America’s homeless population ranges between 500,000 and 600,000 depending on who’s counting, with roughly two-thirds of houseless people sleeping in shelters.

From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2023

“We have an increase in houseless folks around Burlington,” Ms. Hightower said.

From New York Times ● Nov. 12, 2022

"They've done nothing at all in terms of the welfare of students. There are so many students who are sofa-surfing or are houseless and have nowhere to go."

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2022

In the protagonist’s chapters, Rosalyn finds a houseless veteran nicknamed Cheeze who appeared on “Soldiers’ Diaries” and brings him home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2022

All those miles and days had been across a houseless, speechless desolation: rock, ice, sky, and silence: nothing else, for eighty-one days, except each other.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin


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