![Column: Columbia's hostile architecture is discriminatory towards the homeless population - The Daily Gamecock at University of South Carolina Column: Columbia's hostile architecture is discriminatory towards the homeless population - The Daily Gamecock at University of South Carolina](https://snworksceo.imgix.net/tdg/1f7a16c5-10dc-4fb1-aac7-6b2c3de0dc87.sized-1000x1000.jpg?w=800&h=600)
Column: Columbia's hostile architecture is discriminatory towards the homeless population - The Daily Gamecock at University of South Carolina
![Try sitting on this ferry bench. It's called 'hostile architecture' and meant to deter the homeless. (Commentary) - silive.com Try sitting on this ferry bench. It's called 'hostile architecture' and meant to deter the homeless. (Commentary) - silive.com](https://www.silive.com/resizer/o1ULkU0uxK6er4LkDaRCFc0Tby0=/1280x0/smart/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/advancelocal/YBQZ2KH4WVDNFDOYYC4J5CRC4U.png)
Try sitting on this ferry bench. It's called 'hostile architecture' and meant to deter the homeless. (Commentary) - silive.com
![Councillor says her proposal to introduce wheelchair-friendly benches is not anti-homeless - Extra.ie Councillor says her proposal to introduce wheelchair-friendly benches is not anti-homeless - Extra.ie](https://extra.ie/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Wheelchair-Friendly-Benches-1.jpg)
Councillor says her proposal to introduce wheelchair-friendly benches is not anti-homeless - Extra.ie
![Jason Dorwart on X: "Would love these! I'm always disappointed that I can't pull up at the park to eat with my family. You can't roll your wheelchair under a standard picnic Jason Dorwart on X: "Would love these! I'm always disappointed that I can't pull up at the park to eat with my family. You can't roll your wheelchair under a standard picnic](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E02WKkYWEAEDQbB.jpg)
Jason Dorwart on X: "Would love these! I'm always disappointed that I can't pull up at the park to eat with my family. You can't roll your wheelchair under a standard picnic
Examples of "hostile architecture" are popping up all over and are being used to keep people experiencing homelessness out of public parks, park strips and other places.
![Rachel Stomel 🎗️ on X: "Ramat Gan is spinning their new anti-homeless benches as "wheelchair #accessible benches" (because people sitting in wheelchairs need... a backrest? and can't sit beside/opposite a standard bench?). Rachel Stomel 🎗️ on X: "Ramat Gan is spinning their new anti-homeless benches as "wheelchair #accessible benches" (because people sitting in wheelchairs need... a backrest? and can't sit beside/opposite a standard bench?).](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eas6Y97XkAI7lT8.jpg:large)