On June 2nd and 3rd, the Office of Homeless Services (OHS), the Mayor’s Office, Metro Parks, and Metro Police closed Old Tent City—the oldest and largest encampment in Nashville. The importance of Old Tent City in Nashville cannot be understated. It started in the 1980s and its population has ebbed and flowed ever since. A $70 million project—“Wharf Park”—is planned for the site.

This year’s legislative session has come to a close. We had some wins, we had some losses, and we learned a lot. Here’s an overview of what we did during this session...

On April 22nd, 2024, we helped organize a rally outside of the Supreme Court House and joined advocates and people who have experienced homelessness from across the country to demand that our nation respond to our housing crisis with house keys, not handcuffs.