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Having everywhere to be and nowhere to return to.
means Lacking stable, safe, permanent housing — whether on the street, in shelters, or couch-surfing through other people's lives.
from English compound stitched together in the 1610s from home plus the suffix -less, meaning without; it sharpened into a social category only with industrial cities and their crowds.
Hidden majorityMost sleep in shelters or cars, not sidewalks.
Single causeRent outpacing wages drives it more than addiction.
Houseless vs homelessAdvocates prefer houseless, since home means belonging.