Pallet: We know what it takes to end homelessness, because we’ve experienced — and have overcome — homelessness ourselves “Pallet is a social purpose company on a mission to build equal opportunity access to housing and employment. For the more than half a million people facing homelessness across the United States, our durable, portable, and…
Skyscraper builder Onni emerges as a leader of Seattle tiny house campaign Seattle City Councilmember Andrew Lewis on Monday unveiled a campaign to partner with private companies and philanthropists to develop a dozen tiny house villages totaling 480 units this year. The South Lake Union Chamber of Commerce proposed the idea to Lewis, and Onni…
Off-grid container-based home is tiny in size and cost Pin-Up Houses, the Czech firm behind the rather colorful DIY US$10,000 tiny house, recently completed a new model that’s based on a shipping container and cost $21,000 to build. Named Gaia, it offers full off-the-grid functionality with solar panels, a wind turbine, and rainwater collection system.…
Off-grid container-based home is tiny in size and cost Pin-Up Houses, the Czech firm behind the rather colorful DIY US$10,000 tiny house, recently completed a new model that’s based on a shipping container and cost $21,000 to build. Named Gaia, it offers full off-the-grid functionality with solar panels, a wind turbine, and rainwater collection system.…
Could these Texas solutions help Salt Lake’s homeless? A look at the ‘most talked about neighborhood’ in the country AUSTIN, Texas — The two settings are dramatic opposites. One is a state-sanctioned tent city, tucked — practically hidden — away in an industrial area just north of the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. Tents, tarps, makeshift fences…
Researchers gave thousands of dollars to homeless people. The results defied stereotypes. (CNN)You’ve heard this refrain before — giving money to homeless people is not the best way to help them because it might be squandered, or spent on harmful habits. But a new Canadian study makes a powerful case to the contrary. The study,…
A new twist on tiny homes HONG KONG: When Lau Kai Fai, his wife and teenage son moved into a new Hong Kong flat last month, he thought the 290 sq ft of space in his “module home” felt like “winning the lottery”. Among the first Hong Kong residents to move into such prefabricated dwellings,…
‘We’re going to have to work together’ | Sacramento to fund 500 tiny homes for self-governing homeless sites SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Sacramento city leaders and homeless activists who previously butted heads on issues of solving homelessness found common ground Monday through SafeGround, a community led organization dedicated to providing homeless with a safe, self-governing site…
This New York Program Is Getting Ahead of Homelessness “Founded in 2004, Homebase is a neighborhood-based grassroots program that merges knowledge of the community’s services with state funds to help those in danger of becoming homeless before they lose a home or other living arrangements. The group, which has 26 locations in New York’s five…
Bellflower bargains to solve its homeless problem: It’s building its very first shelter exclusively for residents with ties to the city “In 2018, the leaders of Bellflower, a small city in Los Angeles County, had what Mayor Juan Garza calls a “wake-up moment.” For the first time in the Bellflower’s history, a citywide poll had…