unhoused
Example Sentences
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The unpermitted work triggered a review from the board, and the place sat vacant for years as neighbors watched unhoused people take over the property.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
Taken the evening of January 20, the estimate found 395 to 517 unhoused individuals on the system compared to 631 to 684 in 2025 and over 1,000 in 2024.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
At one point, residents say, the abandoned property was inhabited by the unhoused.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
Many words are now taboo, and there’s an entire new anxiety-inducing vocabulary: unhoused, undocumented, unequal.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Call the creatures, Whose naked natures live in all the spight Of wreakful heav'n, whose bare unhoused trunks, To the conflicting elements expos'd, Answer mere nature, bid them flatter thee.
From Characters of Shakespeare's Plays by William Hazlitt
