Americans priced out of housing increasingly land in jail, in court or in tents on the street. As we shelter in place, they have nowhere to go.
Trailer Parks
Low-income people have fewer and fewer places to call home.
Public Housing
Evictions for unpaid rent tear holes in the safety net.
Evictions
Federal law to block evictions, prevent homelessness didn’t save everyone.
Criminalization
It’s illegal to beg for money or food, to sleep on a park bench or to stand in one place for too long. In hundreds of American cities, it’s a crime to be homeless.
Encampments
As the wealthy move in, homeless people are pushed out. With firehoses, bulldozers and condos, gentrifying cities are clearing encampments from the streets.
Dignity Village
Recently shuttered by officials in Gainesville, Florida, the former homeless encampment is slowly reverting to its natural woody state.
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There are more than a half-million people who are homeless in America, living in cars, shelters and on the street. A national consortium of student reporters fanned out across the country to find out how communities are responding.