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Our own house is the only place where we feel safe and comfortable. Some people even have a big and fancy house like a castle. While we are relaxing into our comfortable home, have we ever think about others? who are not fortunate enough to have their own house? Have you ever spend time camping? When you are sleeping in a tent without television, kitchen, bathroom and living room? We are lucky enough to have these things in our lives. Housing is a growing problem in the country and not all the people in this country can afford a house or pay their own mortgages. In the article “Camping for their lives” by Scott Bransford The article Camping For Their Lives is an article written by Scott Bransford that talked about the rapidly growing …show more content…

In the article the author stated “For people throughout the American West, the very concept of home is changing, adjusting downward to a reality in which buying cheap land, picking out a subdivision lot, or even renting an apartment has become nothing more than a fancy daydream. That’s a painful realization for a region steeped in myths of plenty. But in these hard times, tent cities increasingly are the last province of hope for having a place of one’s own.” P.389 (17). Which is agreeable and has a good point, with the rising population of people that does not have a job people who cannot afford to pay a mortgage are growing, leaving them no choice but to build their own …show more content…

Makeshift dwellings may not be the dream homes of yesteryear, but they are simple, affordable, and sustainable in their use of salvaged materials. With imaginative designers, they could help solve the present housing crisis, a faster alternative to the process of building shelters and low-income apartment complexes.” P. 390 (18) the author showed bias in this paragraph by telling his side of the argument. “Informal urbanism, characterized by unauthorized occupation of land, makeshift construction, and lack of public utilities, is how many burgeoning nations meet their housing needs. It thrives in places like Fresno, where poverty is endemic and there is a wide gap between rich and poor.” P. 388 (9) in this paragraph it is clearly mentioned that these kinds of housing does not meet the needs of a real house to live in.

The author of the article Camping for their lives did not provided much enough point to prove his point that the tent cities are the new form of informal urbanism and the housing like tent and shanties are the valuable solution for the increasing rate of housing problem in the

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