homeless camp
Makeshift outdoor settlement
A homeless camp is an area where people without permanent housing have set up tents, tarps, or improvised shelters.
Such encampments may house a single person or dozens, ranging from a few belongings under an overpass to organized tent cities with informal governance.
The term appears frequently in news coverage and policy debates: The city cleared the homeless camp near the railroad tracks.
Also called tent city or encampment.
- tentPortable fabric shelter
- tent cityInformal settlement of temporary shelters
- tarpWaterproof protective sheeting
- shelterProtected place or structure
- sidewalkPaved pedestrian pathway
underpass · cardboard · sleeping bag · belongings · shopping cart · makeshift · squatter · eviction · city ordinance · no trespassing · outreach · unhoused · transient · vagrant · poverty · displacement · survival · blankets
- campstent, tents, shelters, campground, bivouac
- slumsslum, slums, shanty, shanties, shack
- placescity, town, village, hamlet, building
- alleysalley, alleyway, back alley, backstreet, blind alley
homeless camppermanent home
Lasting place of residence
permanent residence · homeownership · family home · primary residence · housing security
homeless campplanned community
Pre-designed residential project
housing development · subdivision · legal residence · gated community · residential district
homeless campgated community
Restricted-access residential area
mansion · penthouse · Beverly Hills · affluent neighborhood · affluent suburb
homeless, camp, home, homes, homed, homing, homely, homelier, homeliest