Snopes - Elon Musk Did Say the Word 'Homeless' Is a Lie

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In December 2024, Elon Musk said: "In most cases, the word 'homeless' is a lie."

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In mid-December 2024, a number of social media accounts shared a statement attributed to SpaceX founder, X owner and soon-to-be government efficiency adviser Elon Musk, in which he called the word "homeless" a lie.

This example (archived) appeared on X on Dec. 10:

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[Mike 03]

1. Yet again, the demonization of a vulnerable population

It's infuriating. If any of you read Matthew Desmond's Pulitzer Prize winning book "Evicted" you know how far this is off the mark and how dangerous it is characterize any vulnerable group in this way, just teeing them up as victims of violence for these MAGA goons. Elon Musk wouldn't survive one day of homelessness. He's sickening.

[maveric]

2. Says the mentally ill drug addict.

Unfuckingbeleivable.

[UpInArms]

3. Reminded me of this

Elon Musk says he doesn't own a house and for the most part sleeps in friends' spare bedrooms

April 18, 2022

Elon Musk – the richest person in the world – says he doesn't own his own house right now. The Tesla and SpaceX mogul has in the past said he does not own the mega mansion you'd expect. Instead, he couch surfs, he said in a recent interview with with TED's Chris Anderson.

"I don't even own a place right now, I'm literally staying at friends' places," Musk said during the interview, shared on TED's YouTube on Sunday. "If I travel to the Bay Area, which is where most of Tesla's engineering is, I basically rotate through friends' spare bedrooms."