Homeless vs. Houseless

Homeless vs. Houseless — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Homeless and Houseless

Homelessadjective

Lacking a permanent place of residence.

Whenever I pass the park, I see the homeless people sleeping on the benches.

Houselessadjective

lacking or in need of a house or home

"He said that he was houseless but not homeless because he went to school in that community, was registered to vote there, and had been living in the teepee for seventeen years. He said that teepee was his home."

Homelessnoun

someone with no housing;

the homeless became a problem in the large cities

Houselessadjective

homeless but not wanting for local ties, affiliations or roots in a particular community.

Homelessnoun

people who are homeless;

the homeless lived on the city streets

Homelessadjective

without nationality or citizenship;

stateless persons
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Homelessadjective

physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security;

made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another