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 Right 2 Dream Too camp in Portland, Oregon

• Camp Hope, Las Cruces, New Mexico ^[1]
• Camp Quixote, Olympia, Washington State^[2]
• Camp Take Notice, Ann Arbor, Michigan^[3]
• Dignity Village, Portland, Oregon
• Opportunity Village, Eugene, Oregon
• 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][8]
• Safe Ground, Sacramento, California^[2]
• The Jungle, San Jose, California^[2]
• 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, New Jersey forest^[12]
• Tent City, Bernalillo County, New Mexico^[13]
• Tent City, banks of the American River, Sacramento, California^{[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]}
• Tent City 3, Seattle
• Tent City, Chicago, Illinois
• Tent City 4, eastern King County outside of Seattle
• The Point, where the Gunnison River and Colorado River meet^[23]
• The Village of Hope and Community of Hope, Fresno, California^[2]
• Transition Park, Camden, New Jersey
• Tent City, Fayette County, Tennessee,
• Camp Unity Eastside, Woodinville, WA
• China Hat Road, Bend, Oregon

Location of current tent cities by States

Alabama

• Hunstville
• Mobile

California

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

Colorado

• Dansbury

Florida

• Clearwater, Pinellas County

Georgia

• Athens

Savannah has 4

Illinois

• Champaign
• Chicago

Indiana

• Indianapolis
• Bloomington

Iowa

• Des Moines

Kansas

• Topeka

Louisiana

• Baton Rouge

Maine

• Skowhagen

Maryland

• Baltimore

Massachusetts

• Cambridge
• Brockton
• Lowell

Michigan

• Grand Rapids
• Ann Arbor

Mississippi

• Jackson
• Tupelo
• Biloxi

Nevada

• Reno Area 51

New Hampshire

• Keene

New Jersey

• Camden
• Lakewood
• Tom's River

New Mexico

• Las Cruces
• Bernalillo County

Oregon

• Dignity City

Tennessee

• Nashville

Texas

• Amarillo
• Dallas
• Lubbock

Washington

• King County
• Seattle
• Olympia
• Puyallup
• Spokane

Other

• St. Vincent de Paul property, Fourth Avenue North, Saint Petersburg, Florida
• Downtown Reno, by some railroad tracks.^[24]

References

1. Hope Village Las Cruces
2. "Tent Cities in America: A Pacific Coast Report". National Coalition for the Homeless. Accessed February 2012.
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". 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.

External links

• Tent City Urbanism From Tent Cities to Tiny House Villages
• Safe Ground Sacramento
• Tent Cities in America, a report from nationalhomeless.org
• List of tent cities at Wikidot