This groundbreaking ethnography offers a new perspective on inadequate housing in rural and suburban areas.

The unhoused or inadequately housed population is growing. Wait times for public housing are increasing, with considerable inequalities depending on the individual and location. Enforcing the right to housing does little to address this. Housing the poor has become a major social issue.
Young sociologist Gaspard Lion approaches this major social crisis through the prism of "residential camping." The book documents and analyzes the root causes of poverty and difficulties in accessing housing, shedding light on transformations that affect a whole range of social groups and not just the most disadvantaged classes.