Two years after woods dwellers departed and bulldozers moved in, Lakewood's Tent City continues to spark dialogue about the tightrope walked by many marginal wage-earners, what constitutes "affordable" housing, and our economic future. The faces of former Tent City denizens in a new compilation add dimension to the discussion.
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.
The onetime Lakewood Tent City inhabitant who defied a township ordinance and returned to the woods will wait a little longer to learn whether his next abode has iron bars.
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 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...
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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...