New Jersey’s Tent City Homeless Encampment Closes
Lakewood, NJ – A homeless encampment near the Jersey shore that came to be known as Tent City and shined an uncomfortable spotlight on homelessness in the suburbs was declared closed after the last of its 120 occupants was placed in temporary housing.
Lakewood town officials and a lawyer who represented the camp’s occupants announced its closing on Monday, although the last occupant left last Thursday.
Tent City’s former residents have been provided apartments for at least 10 months and motels for another two as part of a court-sanctioned agreement worked out between them and town officials.
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