Tent city
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A tent city is a temporary housing facility made using tents or other temporary structures.
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State governments or military organizations set up tent cities to house evacuees, refugees, or soldiers. UNICEF's Supply Division supplies expandable tents for millions of displaced people.[1]
Informal tent cities may be set up without authorization by homeless people or protesters.
Tent cities set up by homeless people may be similar to shanty towns, which are informal settlements in which the buildings are made from scrap building materials.
Shoddy and lower-condition tent cities may be considered skid rows or a facet of them.