City tries to cancel use of the term ‘homeless’
Public officials in Los Angeles have called for instead using such labels as “people living outside”.
America’s most populous county, Los Angeles, hasn’t yet cracked the code on solving homelessness, but local government officials have come up with a way to change conversations about the crisis: canceling the term “homeless.” ● The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) argued in a Twitter post this week that such labels as “the homeless” and “homeless people” need to be replaced by more “inclusive” terms, including “people living outside” and “people who are unhoused.” The idea is to get rid of the “negative stigma” around homelessness and “emphasize personhood over housing status,” the authority said.