How to Use unhoused in a Sentence

unhoused

adjective
Definition of unhousednext
  • The killing was one of dozens this year in L.A. in which the victims were unhoused.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2021
  • At the last count, there were 8,000 people unhoused in the city.
    — Mallory Moench, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Bass has called for the center to be leased to care for unhoused people.
    — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2022
  • The plight of the unhoused — and those who live, work and make art among them — is everyone’s business.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Most of the unhoused people here aren’t even from Seattle.
    — oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2021
  • Over the past 20 years, Ellis, who was unhoused, became a beloved vendor at the lake.
    — Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 July 2022
  • In the shootings of the unhoused men, the first victim -- a 37-year-old man, was killed at about 3 a.m. on Sunday, police said.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 2 Dec. 2023
  • Salt Lake City has long taken the largest chunk of offering resources to the unhoused.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The problem is worse for the unhoused, who have little choice but to spend all of their time on these dangerous streets.
    — Alison Van Houten, Outside Online, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The university plans to construct housing and dorms over the plot of land that has long been the home of unhoused people and a site for free meals.
    — Anabel Sosa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Two decades later, its streets are still home to thousands of unhoused people.
    — Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 2 July 2024
  • Tonight, his job was to survey camps as part of an annual point-in-time count of unhoused people.
    — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Earlier in the week, around 10% of the Salt Lake Valley’s beds for unhoused people were available.
    — Jacob Scholl, The Salt Lake Tribune, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Bonin has been praised by some advocates for his empathic view of the unhoused.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2022
  • He was drawn to the fringes and the forgotten, the lives of drifters, circus performers, Roma families, and the city’s unhoused.
    — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
  • Of the unhoused people in the county during the count, 1,273 were unsheltered, with the remainder in some form of shelter.
    — Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 14 Aug. 2024
  • On a recent afternoon, there were only a few unhoused people in the park.
    — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
  • The act, which needs the approval of the City Council, would give her the power to speed up the process of adding more temporary housing for unhoused Angelenos.
    — Ryan Fonsecastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The events are the latest in a long-running dispute about where the unhoused residents can camp out in Sausalito.
    — Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2021
  • Now, tents of unhoused people line many sidewalks in Portland.
    — Jordan Gale Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 31 July 2023
  • And of those 10%, 40% came from neighboring counties or from the rest of state, where services for unhoused people are far harder to find.
    — oregonlive, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Eighteen wheelers rumbled past at all hours, and masses of unhoused people camped down the street.
    — Charles Bock, People.com, 6 Oct. 2024
  • And while the cold weather may seem like the perfect time to donate that unused scarf or coat, Norton said unhoused people have a need year-round.
    — Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant, 10 Oct. 2022
  • Even as officials say homelessness in the District has declined, the number who died while unhoused had been on the rise.
    — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2021
  • CBS Sacramento reports that unhoused people living at the site still don't want to leave.
    — CBS News, 10 Jan. 2023
  • But many of the 200 or so regulars remain unhoused, according to Janosko.
    — Ray Sanchez and Stephanie Becker, CNN, 28 July 2024
  • Still, the potential benefits of SRO living for the unhoused could be major.
    — Kevin T. Dugan, Curbed, 15 Oct. 2021
  • And about 20% of the unhoused people surveyed came straight from institutions.
    — Kayla Jimenez, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • In Multnomah to a scale that could serve all the county’s unhoused residents would require large sums of money.
    — oregonlive, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Arrests of unhoused people have skyrocketed since San Francisco cracked down on homeless encampments.
    — Axios San Francisco, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024

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