/tags/tent-city Tent City en-US Copyright Wed, 22 May 2019 23:01:01 GMT /ideastream/2019-05-22/akrons-homeless-displaced-again-reignite-debate-on-how-to-handle-homelesness When Akron police and city staff removed people from a makeshift tent city last Sunday, it rekindled the battle over where people may live when their 'choice' of residence is a fabric tent. Wed, 22 May 2019 23:01:01 GMT /ideastream/2019-05-22/akrons-homeless-displaced-again-reignite-debate-on-how-to-handle-homelesness Rick Jackson /news/2018-06-19/an-akron-tent-city-lobbies-for-second-chance-at-life Destiny Williams came to Second Chance Village from the woods, after being addicted to heroin for about three years.“It’s helped change my life,” Williams… Tue, 19 Jun 2018 18:37:50 GMT /news/2018-06-19/an-akron-tent-city-lobbies-for-second-chance-at-life M.L. Schultze /wksu-stories/2018-06-15/akron-struggles-with-a-tent-city-and-the-bigger-question-of-homelessness Akron City Council is not likely to decide until this fall what to do about a tent city of homeless people on the city’s east side. WKSU’s M.L. Schultze... Fri, 15 Jun 2018 23:15:27 GMT /wksu-stories/2018-06-15/akron-struggles-with-a-tent-city-and-the-bigger-question-of-homelessness M.L. Schultze, M.L. Schultze /news/2017-12-18/student-film-seeks-to-show-human-side-of-akron-homeless-community Second Chance Village, a tent community for homeless people in Akron, has been threatened with closure by the city. Residents say they'd rather live on… Mon, 18 Dec 2017 20:31:38 GMT /news/2017-12-18/student-film-seeks-to-show-human-side-of-akron-homeless-community