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.

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Location of current tent cities by States

Alabama

  • Hunstville

California

  • Long Beach
  • Ontario
  • Venice
  • Ventura

Colorado

  • Dansbury

Florida

  • Clearwater, Pinellas County

Georgia

  • Athens

Illinois

  • Champaign

Indiana

  • Indianapolis
  • Bloomington

Iowa

  • Des Moines

Homeless Camp Evictions Stephanie Kim 1 08/17/2014 11:18 PM 08/17/2014 11:25 PM Eviction notices have been posted and the message is clear: get out or the city will make you.

Beginning Monday morning through September 5th, the city will clean up these homeless camps. If all items including tents, furniture, and other personal items aren’t removed, Public Works will throw it away.

After complaints about the bike paths and concerns from the Army Corp of Engineers, the city ruled to clean up the homeless camps.

Many people in the camps have already abandoned their tents, but for many people, these camps are their last resort.

About twenty people still live in the homeless camp around the Raccoon River. A group of people moved together further west to camp on private property.

The people we spoke with complained that shelters in the area are too full and believe that is not an option.

Kansas

  • Topeka

Louisiana

  • Baton Rouge

Maine

  • Skowhagen

Maryland

  • Baltimore

Massachusetts

  • Cambridge

Michigan

  • Grand Rapids
  • Ann Arbor

Mississippi

  • Jackson
  • Tupelo
  • Biloxi

Nevada

  • Reno

New Hampshire

  • Keene

New Jersey

  • Camden
  • Lakewood
  • Tom’s River

New Mexico

  • Las Cruces

New York

North Carolina

  • Charlotte

Oregon

  • Dignity City

Tennessee

  • Nashville

Texas

  • Amarillo
  • Dallas
  • Lubbock

Washington

  • King County
  • Seattle
  • Olympia
  • Puyallup
  • Spokane

Other

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tent_cities_in_the_United_States

15 thoughts on “List of tent cities in the United States

  1. Dallas? Where? In South Dallas? I haven’t seen any in the city of Dallas or North Dallas. Strange. Although, I’m sure they are there somewhere. It’s Dallas.

      1. Thanks, Angel. I’m thinking about looking into this further this week. Maybe drive by the area and check it out myself and do a story on it. It may be 2 years old, but it might be still there.

        Since this is in Southeast Dallas, that would explain why I’ve never seen any. I try to stay away from that area, as it is not exactly safe.

      2. This morning, I drove to the Austin St. Shelter area as well as Jeffries St. in Southeast Dallas as talked about in the article that you posted above. Only saw a few people, but no tents. Nothing else around. Maybe it was because it was morning and everyone took them down to start a new day. Probably more of them at night. But as far as tent cities being set up, I didn’t see any in Southeast Dallas. Maybe the city did the same thing with them as they did in Fort Worth.

  2. “Published on May 20, 2014
    RAW VIDEO. Cop Watch. Low priority incident.

    Lakewood Police officers walk through Tent City looking for an elderly disabled woman so they could evict her. They don’t find her and leave.

    (There’s more to this incident, but this is all the information I think we should make public for now…)

    Video recording the police is a Right, and reduces the chances of someone getting hurt. Exercise your Rights, or they will atrophy and wither away…

    To learn more about our Tent City, please visit http://TentCityNJ.org

    For all the latest news, please LIKE “Tent City of Lakewood, NJ” on Facebook, and INVITE your friends – http://FB.com/TentCityNJ
    SHOW MORE “

  3. “Published on Oct 20, 2013
    Minister Steve Brigham continues recording, amidst phone calls and other interruptions, as the Lakewood Township Police block the road into Tent City and prepare to make some of its residents homeless once again…

    With over a decade of experience as an ordained minister helping the homeless and the impoverished of Lakewood, Steve Brigham knows full-well the hardships that these people will experience, being thrown out onto the streets in bitter cold…

    The police charged in with guns drawn, and threatened innocent people for the “crime” of being homeless on so-called “public land”. Many Tent City residents work and pay payroll taxes, sales tax, etc – are they not a part of the “public”? Minister Steve talks about how huge sums of taxpayer money go to subsidize certain politically-connected people living in mansions here in Lakewood, while the poor aren’t even allowed to put up a tent on an out-of-the-way piece of “public land”!

    Minister Steve Brigham can be contacted at rev@tentcitynj.org or 732-364-0340. See his bio at http://TentCityNJ.org/Minister_Steve_

    At last count there were over 12,000 homeless people in New Jersey. Some find housing, while more people are becoming homeless every day. Many people are “only one paycheck away” from being evicted and homeless. The government cannot provide housing for everyone. Fortunately there is Tent City, which does not receive any taxpayer money, helping to fill the gap through voluntary charity and mutual aid. Please help us spread the word and get Lakewood Township to LEAVE TENT CITY ALONE! “

    1. Take note America! This is how the government sees you right now! They see you as an invader on their land, even if you’re in your own home, on your own land! They see your house and your land as their property. They also see you as their property, which they can dispose of whenever they see fit.

      “If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until their children wake up homeless on the continent their Fathers conquered…I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies… The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.” ~ Thomas Jefferson

  4. The homeless need to become smarter and establish their tent cities in more out of the way locations, and NOT in the city limits! Smaller units of 1-3 darker or camo tents with a low profile and smaller footprint are more likely to escape scrutiny, provided that open fires be limited to alco stoves with no smoke.
    Consider hammocks with rain canopies rather than tents. Lighter, more portable…

  5. nooneleft: Yes there are people living in the rapidly diminishing countryside, however, there are those who need services provided only in the cities. What you’re proposing is called the “NIMBY” principle: “Not In My Backyard.” Instead of insisting on this, how about providing your backyard for a homeless person? Or if you (or someone you know) has an empty rental property, or if you have heard of someone with a 10 bedroom home they live in alone… why not voluntarily move some of these people into these vacant or not well-used areas? And before 2020 there were all these ‘evictions” from public lands, where people have every right to use (that’s why it’s called “public”) those lands to live on. With the China Virus rampant, the homeless are now being put up in tents in parking lots, while homeless shelters are forced to sit nearly empty. The thing is, America has plenty of resources to take care of the homeless, who have nothing, while other Americans are buying brand new $50,000 cars that sit in the driveway most of the time. For $50,000 a homeless person could own a “tiny home”… not a tent.. with all services, outright. Or people buying these huge SUV’s could allow people to live in them in their driveways!

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