Abstract
This paper contributes to extant literature on autonomous spaces by considering how they creatively confront, navigate, and even create public policy. I describe how homeless citizens of the Dignity Village tent city in Portland were able to self-organize, pressure concessions from city officials, and create an experimental transitional housing model that has subsequently spread to cities across the United States. In doing so, I consider how autonomous spaces are able to experiment with innovative policy solutions that would not have emerged out of traditional policy institutions.
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Housing, Homelessness, Autonomy, Policy, Self-management
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