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[[File:Elia-2019-12-20-Stop-the-Sweeps-PDX-rally.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Stop the Sweeps PDX rally, 12/20/19. photo by Cory Elia]]
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"Cities, suburban communities, and rural areas across the United States have seen in recent years the rise of groups of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness together. The term encampment is widely used by journalists and researchers to describe these groups, but other terms include tent cities, homeless settlements, and homeless camps. Although their existence is not unprecedented, media reports suggest that the number of encampments has increased sharply in recent years." - HUD 2019 report [Cohen et al 2019].
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