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

Side Street in Dignity Village, Portland, Oregon

The former Right 2 Dream Too camp in Portland, Oregon

• 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
• Woodstock West

Other

• St. Vincent de Paul property, Fourth Avenue North, Saint Petersburg, Florida

References

1. "Hope Village Las Cruces". Hope Village Las Cruces. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
2. "Tent Cities in America: A Pacific Coast Report". National Coalition for the Homeless. Accessed 2016-09-14.
3. Mitch Marcus and Janel Flechsig (February 20, 2012). "Tent camp reveals social inequality in Ann Arbor, Michigan". World Socialist Web Site.
4. Mckinley, Jesse (2009-03-25). "Cities Deal With a Surge in Shantytowns". NYTimes.com. California. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
5. Schmidt, Brad (October 21, 2013). "Right 2 Dream Too: Deadline to dismiss lawsuit extended 60 days". Oregonlive. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
6. "Ventura County Reporter - Hope for the homeless at River Haven: a push for self-sufficiency". Vcreporter.com. 2009-08-20. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
7. "Lee Schneider: The River Haven Community". Huffingtonpost.com. 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
8. Emmons, Mark (2015-07-09). "San Jose's 'Jungle': Former homeless encampment returns to nature". The Mercury News. Retrieved 2016-10-27.
9. Crudele, John (2012-02-06). "Through the cracks: NJ encampment of jobless the govt. ignores". NYPOST.com. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
10. "Fatal Fire at NJ Homeless Encampment". Fire Engineering. 2012-01-30. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
11. "Local homeless advocates say solutions need more specificity | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal". Lubbock Online. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
12. Miller, Cole (8 April 2015). "Fifth 'Tent City' pops up outside city limits". krqe.com. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
13. "Tent City returns - Beats - Local Stories - December 8, 2011 - Sacramento News & Review". Newsreview.com. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
14. Hurt, Suzanne (2009-03-20). "California tent city for homeless to be closed". Reuters. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
15. "Sacramento Police Order Tent City Homeless To Clear Out « CBS Sacramento". Sacramento.cbslocal.com. 2011-12-28. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
16. "Pictures Of Sacramento's Tent City: Unfiltered And Unspun". Dailymarkets.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-23. Retrieved 2016-09-14.
17. 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.
18. 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