unhoused

This combination of law and design can sometimes be so effective that it renders the entire problem of homelessness—and also the unhoused people themselves—invisible to others.

2017, Robert Rosenberger, Callous Objects: Designs against the Homeless, U of Minnesota Press, →ISBN

In a remote stretch of southern California desert, at least 200 unhoused people live outside, battling the extremes: blazing hot temperatures in the summer, snow in winter, rugged terrain inaccessible to many vehicles, a constant wind that blankets everything with silt, and no running water for miles.

2022 July 18, Sam Levin, “As police crack down on homelessness, unhoused end up in Mojave desert”, in The Guardian

But there was that dissonance. On the way to work, I would pass people shooting up drugs in front of the subway stations, the unhoused peeing on sidewalks just blocks from my office.

2025, Karen Hao, Empire of AI, New York City: Penguin Press, →ISBN