[erikerikson]

Thank you for your kind words and discussion.

I completely agree that living in a tent can be lovely and some of my life's favorite moments include tent living (e.g. in the temperate rain forest of Olympic National Park) and moving every day.

I even mostly agree with the overall uproar. It feels like bending the term pretty hard for the author to claim homelessness. The further point that there may be moral hazard in that use seems reasonable.

I like your point about homelessness more or less being a social status. I think it adds insight and I have enjoyed that this whole discussion (ours and other bits in the context) has really stimulated me to more deeply examine what homeless means.

Your point about even having a standard shelter to live in (house seemed implied but isn't important) not wiping away homelessness is excellently instructive. I certainly know people I consider homeless who have assigned housing. Considering the counsel housing system in the U.K. seems like it might start to step to the other side of that line on the other hand, shifting the discussion to other dimensions of a person's needs and "enfranchisement".

Let me reiterate my gratitude for sharing your thoughts and even more for getting to a discussion that feels more like peace and curiosity.