Monday, June 6, 2011

TENT CITIES IN THE RICHEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD - AMERICA (PHOTOS)

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The New American Family. The National Center on Family Homelessness estimates more than 1.5 million children are without a home.








Tent City, Fresno, California







A homeless encampment known as Tent City, in Sacramento, California. Photograph: Rich Pedroncelli/AP








Tent city 'Camp Quixote' in Thurston County, Washington







Tent city in University of Washington Campus, Seattle, Washington.







In Reno, Nevada, the state with the nation's highest repossessions rate, a tent city recently sprung up on the city's outskirts and quickly filled up with about 150 people Photo: AP






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