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Re:Amazon moves employees out of downtown Seattle office due... by Supermancho on Monday March 14, 2022 @02:01PM (#30675735)
> By definition, if you give someone a home, they are not homeless

That is incorrect. The definition of "home" is not uniformly defined nor equivalent to shelter. Often the homeless are given shelter (with or without restriction, usually the latter) and choose not to utilize it. They are still homeless.

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Re:Amazon moves employees out of downtown Seattle office due... by Arubis on Monday March 14, 2022 @02:08PM (#30675816)
How, then, would you define "homeless"? And does it have a different meaning from "does not have a home"?

edit: Perhaps clarifying, are you using the term "homeless" to define a _state_ or a _trait_ of the person to whom you're applying it?

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Re:Amazon moves employees out of downtown Seattle office due... by Supermancho on Monday March 14, 2022 @03:31PM (#30677086)
> How, then, would you define "homeless"?

If someone has no secure[1] residence[2] that they rely on as their own.

[1] Secure is a relative term, uniquely attributed to individuals

[2] This is necessarily one legal residence, but practically may be a set of locations.

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