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Serious question: What specifically constitutes homelessness? If I sell my house, decide to hotel/airbnb/etc for a month or two, then move into a new house, w
by silisili 4y ago
Serious question: What specifically constitutes homelessness?
If I sell my house, decide to hotel/airbnb/etc for a month or two, then move into a new house, would I be considered homeless for those two months? Or because I can afford some form of shelter, not counted?
- bobkazamakis 4y ago> Serious question: What specifically constitutes homelessness? Serious answer: this always depends on the context. >If I sell my house, decide to hotel/airbnb/etc for a month or two, then move into a new house, would I be considered homeless for those two months Define home? Is a home a house? Is shelter a home? In some cases people think of homelessness as a lack of adequate shelter, but obviously how you define homelessness matters to how it is constituted.
- silisili 4y agoGotcha. I first wondered this when seeing a similar stat in my old hometown. The reported homeless was way higher than I expected, and it similarly said the vast majority were only homeless for a few weeks. I assume it's counting people that reach out for help in some way, and not just anyone temporarily without a permanent address.