America’s homeless: The rise of Tent City, USA, By Blake Ellis, May 16, 2014, CNN Money: “Homeless encampments known as “tent cities” are popping up across the country. Formed as an alternative to shelters and street-living, these makeshift communities are often set up off of highways, under bridges and in the woods. Some have “mayors” who determine the rules of the camp and who can and can’t join, others are a free-for-all. Some are overflowing with trash, old food, human waste and drug paraphernalia, others are relatively clean and drug-free. . .”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty