Understanding Encampments of People Experiencing Homelessness and Community Responses: Emerging Evidence as of Late 2018

Cohen, Rodrigo Laham; Yetvin, Will; Khadduri, Jill

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“…I document how these spatial dynamics relate to neighborhood contexts and how they changed within and between neighborhoods with Community Cabin sites. These results complement prior qualitative research on specific encampments or encampment residents over a shorter period (Cohen, Yetvin, and Khadduri 2019). Motivated by the importance of these spatial dynamics for encampment residents’ well-being, I hope that the results inform policy-makers, advocates, and organizations working with encampment residents.…”

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“…Tent encampments have a long history in the United States and exist in or near many urban areas across the country (Cohen, Yetvin, and Khadduri 2019; Herring 2014; National Coalition for the Homeless [NCH] 2010). Though encampments exist across the country, they are most prominent in areas with high housing costs and limited shelter capacities (Loftus-Farren 2011), like West Coast cities (Herring 2014).…”

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“…Local governments frequently displace tent encampments from public space in response to traditionally housed residents and local businesses (Cohen, Yetvin, and Khadduri 2019). These “sweeps” disrupt encampments’ internal communities, depriving vulnerable people of social support and stability (Loftus-Farren 2011; NCH 2010; Wasserman and Clair 2010).…”

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“…Correspondence: rfinnigan@ucdavis.edu Tent encampments offer a mix of benefits and risks for residents (see Cohen, Yetvin, and Khadduri [2019]; Loftus-Farren [2011] for reviews). Tent encampments can form internal communities that offer residents stability, security, and autonomy (Sparks 2016).…”

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The Growth and Shifting Spatial Distribution of Tent Encampments in Oakland, California

Finnigan¹

2021

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

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Tent encampments have become an especially common form of homelessness in West Coast cities like Oakland, California, where the number of people living in tent encampments increased by 130 percent between 2017 and 2019. Living in tent encampments provides residents both benefits and risks, depending on the encampments’ location, size, and stability. Using data from Google Street Views, I document the growth and spatial dynamics of tent encampments in west and central Oakland over the last decade. The number and size of tent encampments rapidly increased between 2014 and 2019, varying widely in their stability. City interventions like the city’s outdoor transitional housing sites displaced several large tent encampments. Combined with overall tent encampment growth, these displacements dispersed the encampments throughout nearby neighborhoods and other parts of the city.

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The Growth and Shifting Spatial Distribution of Tent Encampments in Oakland, California

Finnigan¹

2021

The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Scie

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“…In congregate shelters, individuals sleep in large, shared rooms on beds, bunks, or cots rather than in private rooms or partitioned spaces (Culhane et al, 2020). Space and privacy are often limited in congregate arrangements (Cohen, Yetvin, & Khadduri, 2019).…”

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Everyday citizenship and COVID-19: “Staying at home” while homeless

Fenley

2020

Administrative Theory & Praxis

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In an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, local and state authorities have enacted stay-at-home orders, limiting citizens' movement outside of the home to "essential" activities and work. Although a seemingly mundane action, staying out of public spaces is a form of co-production aimed at co-creating public health value. People who are homeless, lacking the resources needed to stay at home, are unable to equitably participate in this act of co-production. As a result, their status as a citizen in the "everyday" sense is compromised.

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Building a Better Ark: The Potential of Engaging Cultural Thought Leaders and Addressing Power Differential in Authentic, Community-Driven Resilience Planning

Ford

2021

The Palgrave Handbook of Climate Resilient Societies

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Understanding Encampments of People Experiencing Homelessness and Community Responses: Emerging Evidence as of Late 2018

Cited by 14 publications

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The Growth and Shifting Spatial Distribution of Tent Encampments in Oakland, California

The Growth and Shifting Spatial Distribution of Tent Encampments in Oakland, California

Everyday citizenship and COVID-19: “Staying at home” while homeless

Building a Better Ark: The Potential of Engaging Cultural Thought Leaders and Addressing Power Differential in Authentic, Community-Driven Resilience Planning

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