List of tent cities in the United States
This is a list of notable tent cities in the United States. A tent city is an encampment or housing facility made using tents or other temporary structures.
Named
- Camp Hope, Las Cruces, New Mexico [1]
- Camp Quixote, Olympia, Washington[2]
- Camp Take Notice, Ann Arbor, Michigan[3]
- Dignity Village, Portland, Oregon
- Opportunity Village, Eugene, Oregon
- Joe Rodota Trail, Santa Rosa, California
- Maricopa County Sheriff's Tent City, Phoenix, Arizona
- New Jack City and Little Tijuana, Fresno, California[2]
- Nickelsville, located in Seattle[2][4]
- Right 2 Dream Too, Portland, Oregon[5]
- River Haven,[6] Ventura County, California[7]
- Safe Ground, Sacramento, California[2]
- The Jungle, San Jose, California[8]
- Temporary Homeless Service Area (THSA), Ontario, California[2]
- Tent City (100+ residents) of Lakewood, New Jersey[9][10]
- Tent City, Avenue A and 13th Street, Lubbock, Texas[11]
- Tent City, Bernalillo County, New Mexico[12]
- Tent City, banks of the American River, Sacramento, California[13][14][15][16][17]
- Tent City, Chicago, Illinois
- Tent City 4, eastern King County outside of Seattle
- The Point, where the Gunnison River and Colorado River meet[18]
- The Village of Hope and Community of Hope, Fresno, California[2]
- Transition Park, Camden, New Jersey
- Tent City, Fayette County, Tennessee,
- The Village, Oakland CA The Village, Oakland CA https://www.facebook.com/TheVillageInOakland/ (the Promise land 2016, Two Three Hunid Tent City Village 2017-2018, Housing & Dignity Village 2018. all three bulldozed by the city of Oakland under mayor libby schaaf )
- Camp Unity Eastside, Woodinville, Washington [1]
- Woodstock West
Other
- St. Vincent de Paul property, Fourth Avenue North, Saint Petersburg, Florida
References
- ^ "Hope Village Las Cruces". Hope Village Las Cruces. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f "Tent Cities in America: A Pacific Coast Report". National Coalition for the Homeless. Accessed 2016-09-14.
- ^ Mitch Marcus and Janel Flechsig (February 20, 2012). "Tent camp reveals social inequality in Ann Arbor, Michigan". World Socialist Web Site.
- ^ Mckinley, Jesse (2009-03-25). "Cities Deal With a Surge in Shantytowns". NYTimes.com. California. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ^ Schmidt, Brad (October 21, 2013). "Right 2 Dream Too: Deadline to dismiss lawsuit extended 60 days". Oregonlive. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ^ "Ventura County Reporter - Hope for the homeless at River Haven: a push for self-sufficiency". Vcreporter.com. 2009-08-20. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ^ "Lee Schneider: The River Haven Community". Huffingtonpost.com. 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ^ Emmons, Mark (2015-07-09). "San Jose's 'Jungle': Former homeless encampment returns to nature". The Mercury News. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
- ^ Crudele, John (2012-02-06). "Through the cracks: NJ encampment of jobless the govt. ignores". NYPOST.com. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ^ "Fatal Fire at NJ Homeless Encampment". Fire Engineering. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ^ "Local homeless advocates say solutions need more specificity | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal". Lubbock Online. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ^ Miller, Cole (8 April 2015). "Fifth 'Tent City' pops up outside city limits". krqe.com. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "Tent City returns - Beats - Local Stories - December 8, 2011 - Sacramento News & Review". Newsreview.com. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ^ Hurt, Suzanne (2009-03-20). "California tent city for homeless to be closed". Reuters. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ^ "Sacramento Police Order Tent City Homeless To Clear Out « CBS Sacramento". Sacramento.cbslocal.com. 2011-12-28. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ^ "Pictures Of Sacramento's Tent City: Unfiltered And Unspun". Dailymarkets.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-23. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ^ La Ganga, Maria L. (2009-03-20). "Sacramento Tent City | In Sacramento's tent city, a torn economic fabric - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
- ^ Wiggins, Mike (2012-02-11). "Railroad project will evict squatters from The Point". GJSentinel.com. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
External links
- Tent Cities in America, a report from nationalhomeless.org
- List of tent cities at Wikidot