Criminalizing Homelessness

Documenting the enforcement of anti-homeless policy in Austin, Texas.

Photographed by Dylan Manshack (2021)

A tent in a downtown camp has a legal notice demanding the area be cleared for a regular “Street Sweep” by the Austin Police Department.

Officers prepare to forcibly remove tents occupied by unhoused Austinites while a local organizer comforts woman who was living at the downtown encampment.

Officer tells Austinite to evacuate the area or risk arrest.

Austin Police Department rips open tent to arrest unhoused Austinite for camping in downtown area.

Police Officers arrest “Nemo” who was living in a tent in downtown Austin.