Dignity Village is a city-recognized legal encampment of an estimated 60 homeless people in Portland, Oregon, United States. In the days before Christmas of 2000, a group of individuals living outdoor
Side street of Dignity Village
Deck Shelter at Dignity Village - April 2007.
Adobe structure in Dignity Village - April 2007. single-occupancy 10x12-foot structure.
Garden in Dignity Village - April 2007.
A tent city is a temporary housing facility made using tents or other temporary structures.
Dignity Village
…people in Portland, Oregon, United States. In the days before Christmas of 2000, a group of individuals living outdoors in Portland established a tent city. It evolved from a group of self-described "outsiders" squatting a city owned land to a self-regulating, city-recognized campground as defined by…
Tent city of 40,000 in Darfur
Military camp in the 18th century
Skid Row, Los Angeles contains one of the largest stable populations, between 5,000 and 8,000, of homeless people in the United States.
A homeless camp in Fort Lauderdale, Florida