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Homeless vs Houseless - What's the difference?

homeless | houseless |

As adjectives the difference between homeless and houseless

is that homeless is lacking a permanent place of residence while houseless is lacking or in need of a house or home.

homeless

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Lacking a permanent place of residence.
  • Whenever I pass the park, I see the homeless people sleeping on the benches.

    Derived terms

    * homeless dumping * homeless shelter * homelessness

    See also

    * destitute * bum * unhoused * transient

    houseless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • 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."
  • homeless but not wanting for local ties, affiliations or roots in a particular community.