Tent encampments have long been a fixture of West Coast cities, but are now spreading visibly across the U.S. The federal count of homeless people reached 580,000 last year, driven by lack of ...

Dr. Jim O’Connell hardly ever saw people living in tents, let alone encampments of people sleeping on the streets, during the ...

A woman gathers possessions to take before a homeless encampment was cleaned up in San Francisco, Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023. Cities across the U.S. are struggling with and cracking down on tent ...

While encampments are most common in big cities, on the West Coast, and in areas with high housing costs, tents have also sprung up in places where housing is broadly available and homelessness is ...

Channel 2’s Tyisha Fernandes has seen Old Wheat Street this clean before, when the city cleared the homeless camp, but the ...

"Essentially, no sleeping in the French Quarter," said Palumbo, who said the plan had been developed by the city's Office of ...

Faced with a June 2026 deadline, city officials have been counting tents that are tossed during cleanups, even when the ...

Homeless Tent Encampments Are Being Cleared Across the Country, Signaling Growing Desperation of Overrun Cities. From Boston to Portland, city governments are clearing long-standing ‘tent cities,’ ...

Phoenix’s shelters are at capacity, and homeless advocacy groups say the city still needs tens of thousands of additional low-income housing units to serve a homeless population that has grown ...

City clears homeless tent camp ahead of DNC as last residents are told to leave One of the city’s most visible encampments was cleared Wednesday, weeks before the Democratic National Convention ...

Tent camp on the Northwest Side is at the center of a battle over homelessness Gompers Park encampment residents say they would prefer to move to real housing but need assistance.

City clears homeless tent camp ahead of DNC as last residents are told to leave One of the city’s most visible encampments was cleared Wednesday, weeks before the Democratic National Convention ...