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A singer from Freehold is giving a voice to the former residents of Lakewood's Tent City as her song accompanies the documentary "Destiny's Bridge" at the Music in Film Festival in Asbury Park. Lisa Rose Ferrara says she became interested in Tent City after seeing a play about the movement...

Eviction notices are going out to some of the former Tent City homeless residents who were provided with one-year of free housing rent by Lakewood Township when the encampment was shut-down in June, 2014.

A possible solution to Ocean County's homeless problem--a Micro House--will be on display all next week, starting Monday, at Point Pleasant BoroughTown Hall on Bridge Avenue from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the public to see first-hand.

Homeless advocates are optimistic that when government officials and the public see what a Micro House actually looks like, they'll be more accepting of them in their communities.

A month-long crowd funding campaign is well underway to help pay for the music licensing of the Lakewood Tent City documentary "Destiny's Bridge". Filmaker Jack Ballo is raising money through the IndieGoGo website to cover what he calls unanticipated music licensing issues that arose as a result of background music and songs played on the piano by one of the film's main character's... Re

The shut down of Tent City in Lakewood earlier this month is spurring greater advocacy for the homeless through the newly formed 'Tent City Movement.'

Advocates for the homeless are holding an "All We Need Is Land" rally Sunday in Lakewood.

Ocean County Hunger Relief has been spending thousands of dollars to provide furniture, household items, toiletries and food to more than 40 homeless people, according to Carol Latif, Executive Director of the Toms River non-profit agency.

Who knows? World peace may actually be possible if an agreement between Lakewood Township and a homeless enclave known as Tent City is any kind of indicator. In what's become a dramatic new development, the remaining 29 Tent City residents were asked to leave the site Thursday morning as the township legally regained control of the property where Tent City has occupied for 7 years...

Even though the homeless enclave in Lakewood, known as Tent City, is essentially closed, the 29 individuals who remain aren't planning to go away quietly.