Dignity Village | |
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| Coordinates: 45°35′29″N 122°38′10″W / 45.5914879°N 122.6361417°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Multnomah |
| City | Portland |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Population (2016) | |
| • Total | 60 |
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Dignity Village is a city-recognized legal encampment of an estimated 60 homeless people in Portland, Oregon, United States. In the days before Christmas of 2000, a group of individuals living outdoors in Portland established a tent city. It evolved from a group of self-described "outsiders" squatting a city owned land to a self-regulating, city-recognized campground as defined by Portland city code. The encampment is located on land near Portland International Airport, and has elected community officials and constructed crude but functional cooking, social, electric, and sanitary facilities.[1]
- ^ Multnomah.edu Archived September 27, 2007, at the Wayback Machine