LogFAQs > #968165961

CE is weirdly reactionary about this.

Based on a quick Google search (which evidently few in this topic have attempted), terms like "unhoused" have been proposed because it dodges stigma that has collected on the word "homeless" over time and attempts to shift perspective towards unhoused people to be more sympathetic, to recognize all people deserve to be housed, and to acknowledge that houselessness is a temporary and not a defining feature of a person.

The word homeless has become inseparable from a toxic narrative that blames and demonizes people who are unhoused, according to Eve Garrow, homelessness policy analyst and advocate for the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California. The term is increasingly used in a way where it implies someone is dangerous or devious, she said. As a result, a less charged term is more apt.

I saw it compared to the changing of "gender identity disorder" to "gender dysphoria", a renaming that aimed to challenge the idea that a person's identity is defective for their gender not conforming to the roles and presentation society expects of their sex.