Dr. Edward Morbius ❌What were the homeless called before they were "homeless", and what gave rise to the 1980s crisis?
."..I'm going through the NY Times archive, 1900 to present. A few observations: Through most of that period (I've scanned through 1969), "homeless" wasn't a label but a temporary condition. People were "made homeless", usually by some specific mishap or accident, almost always a fire, perhaps a major storm or hurricane...."
Lew Perin