List of tent cities in the United States

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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[edit]

Side Street in Dignity Village, Portland, Oregon
The Right 2 Dream Too camp in Portland, Oregon

Location of current tent cities by States[edit]

Alabama[edit]

  • Hunstville

California[edit]

  • Long Beach
  • Ontario
  • Venice
  • Ventura
  • San Jose
  • Santa Cruz
  • Slab city

Colorado[edit]

  • Dansbury

Florida[edit]

  • Clearwater, Pinellas County

Georgia[edit]

  • Athens

Illinois[edit]

  • Champaign

Indiana[edit]

  • Indianapolis
  • Bloomington

Iowa[edit]

  • Des Moines

Kansas[edit]

  • Topeka

Louisiana[edit]

  • Baton Rouge

Maine[edit]

  • Skowhagen

Maryland[edit]

  • Baltimore

Massachusetts[edit]

  • Cambridge

Michigan[edit]

  • Grand Rapids
  • Ann Arbor

Mississippi[edit]

  • Jackson
  • Tupelo
  • Biloxi

Nevada[edit]

  • Reno Area 51

New Hampshire[edit]

  • Keene

New Jersey[edit]

  • Camden
  • Lakewood
  • Tom's River

New Mexico[edit]

  • Las Cruces
  • Bernalillo County

New York[edit]

Oregon[edit]

  • Dignity City

Tennessee[edit]

  • Nashville

Texas[edit]

  • Amarillo
  • Dallas
  • Lubbock

Washington[edit]

  • King County
  • Seattle
  • Olympia
  • Puyallup
  • Spokane

Other[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hope Village Las Cruces
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  4. ^ Mckinley, Jesse (2009-03-25). "Cities Deal With a Surge in Shantytowns". California: NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2012-02-16. 
  5. ^ Schmidt, Brad (October 21, 2013). "Right 2 Dream Too: Deadline to dismiss lawsuit extended 60 days". Oregonlive. Retrieved 21 October 2013. 
  6. ^ "Ventura County Reporter - Hope for the homeless at River Haven: a push for self-sufficiency". Vcreporter.com. 2009-08-20. Retrieved 2012-02-16. 
  7. ^ "Lee Schneider: The River Haven Community". Huffingtonpost.com. 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2012-02-16. 
  8. ^ "Ventura tent city 'successful'". DailyBulletin.com. 2008-03-23. Retrieved 2012-02-16. 
  9. ^ Crudele, John (2012-02-06). "Through the cracks: NJ encampment of jobless the govt. ignores". NYPOST.com. Retrieved 2012-02-16. 
  10. ^ "Fatal Fire at NJ Homeless Encampment". Fire Engineering. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2012-02-16. 
  11. ^ "Local homeless advocates say solutions need more specificity | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal". Lubbock Online. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  12. ^ "Tent City for the Homeless and unemployment in the U.S". Newsmakertoday.com. 2011-08-23. Retrieved 2012-02-16. 
  13. ^ http://krqe.com/2015/04/07/fifth-tent-city-pops-up-outside-city-limits/
  14. ^ "Tent City returns - Beats - Local Stories - December 8, 2011 - Sacramento News & Review". Newsreview.com. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  15. ^ Hurt, Suzanne (2009-03-20). "California tent city for homeless to be closed". Reuters. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  16. ^ "Sacramento Police Order Tent City Homeless To Clear Out « CBS Sacramento". Sacramento.cbslocal.com. 2011-12-28. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  17. ^ "Homeless in Tent City, USA » Counterpunch: Tells the Facts, Names the Names". Counterpunch. 2012-02-13. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  18. ^ Paul Thompson (2009-03-06). "Pictured: The credit crunch tent city which has returned to haunt America | Mail Online". London: Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  19. ^ "One Year After Tent City, Sacramento's Homeless Still Struggle". capradio.org. 2010-03-24. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  20. ^ Jody Pollock (2009-01-27). "Next American City » Buzz » Tent Cities in Sacramento?". Americancity.org. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  21. ^ "Pictures Of Sacramento’s Tent City: Unfiltered And Unspun". Dailymarkets.com. Retrieved 2012-02-17. 
  22. ^ 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 2012-02-17. 
  23. ^ Wiggins, Mike (2012-02-11). "Railroad project will evict squatters from The Point". GJSentinel.com. Retrieved 2012-02-16. 
  24. ^ "Tent cities rise across the country". MSNBC. 2008-09-18. Retrieved 2012-02-16. 

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