Definition:
Homeless describes the condition of lacking stable, safe, or permanent housing.
Usage Context:
Used in social policy, housing services, public health, and discussions of poverty and exclusion.
Critical Note:
Homelessness is frequently framed as individual failure rather than structural outcome. This framing obscures the roles of housing markets, welfare policy, institutional neglect, and economic precarity in producing housing insecurity.
Related Terms:
Institutional Neglect, Survival Class, Economic Precarity, Austerity