Center on Society and Health BlogCities Deal With a Surge in Shantytowns (New York Times, March 25, 2009) Post author By Emily Zimmerman Post date March 25, 2009 Housing This link opens a New York Times article on the rising number of homeless encampments in cities across the country. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/us/26tents.html Tags homeless, homelessness, housing crisis ← Drought Drives Up Unemployment and Hunger in California’s Central Valley (New York Times, February 21, 2009) → Report Card on Homeless Children in America (The National Center on Family Homelessness, 2009)