Central Jersey Non-profit working to start new Tent Community for the Homeless

The closing of “Tent City” in Lakewood and overcrowding at shelters has prompted the creation of a non-profit organization raising funds to buy land in a town willing to welcome a new encampment for the homeless in Central Jersey.

Kyler Dineen, Executive Director of Land for the Homeless, pointed out that with many homeless being forced to sleep on park benches due to long waiting lists at shelters, it makes sense to provide them with a cheaper living alternative that a tent community can offer.

“There’s just such a lack of space for hundreds, and potentially even thousands, of the homeless in New Jersey, that that is something we’re looking to alleviate,” said Dineen.

The Old Bridge resident said the group has volunteers from several Central Jersey municipalities, including Howell, Freehold, Old Bridge, and Edison. He contended that traditional shelters cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to build, sometimes well over a $One-million in some cases, and cost thousands of dollars on a monthly basis to maintain.
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