Changing the language around homelessness

Peter, a homeless man in Los Angeles, in front of the Civic Center.

Peter, a homeless man in Los Angeles, in front of the Civic Center. Photo credit: Levi Clancy [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

In recent years, nonprofit workers and advocates have been trying to change how we describe unhoused people. Rather than say “the homeless” or “homeless person,” they prefer “person experiencing homelessness.” It’s a people-first language, which focuses on the person, rather than their circumstance.

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Credits

Host:

Madeleine Brand

Producers:

Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Yael Even Or, Alexandra Sif Tryggvadottir, Caitlin Plummer, Rosalie Atkinson, Adriana Cargill