Credit: Photo by Andreas Dullick

Tent cities — organized and run by people experiencing homelessness — are becoming de facto living options in times of limited shelter and low-income housing. Seattle, which like Portland has a history in the tent city movement, recently agreed to allow additional tent communities.

Here is a look inside the Seattle community of Tent City 3, established years ago by people experiencing homelessness and sanctioned by the city. 

 

 

The computer station at Tent City 3, Seattle, Wash.

Eric, a resident of Tent City 3 in Seattle, Wash., sits outside the tent where he’s lived for the past year.

Community and supply tents in Tent City 3, Seattle, Wash.

A resident of Tent City 3 in Seattle, Wash. sleeps in a shared tent.

Tent City 3 resident Lantz Roland.

The food tent at Tent City 3 in Seattle, Wash.

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