Op-Ed: Scraping By - Video Library - The New York Times

Many Seattle faith communities are urging the University of Washington to host Seattle's Tent City III, which is democratically run by its residents. Nickelsville, named for Seattle mayor Greg Nickels, is another tent city which faces serious hardships. Seattle tent cities must move every 90 days.

Op-Ed: Scraping By - Video Library - The New York Times

Op-Ed: Scraping By

In the first of a series by the filmmaker Stewart Thorndike on life during the economic crisis, a tent city in Redmond, Wash., is filling up with the newly homeless who are forming a makeshift community.