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Very few cities provide any land for this to happen. If they did and if people in cities made it a priority they wanted the muiniciplatity /govt to do no doubtr it woul. At least city of capetown has culemborg (click) they should be applauded for ( safe spaces ) but going a step further than only wooden pallets in open to sleep on towards houses would be wonderful in cape town too as seattle has done
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Very few cities provide any land for this to happen. If they did and if people in citiesmade it a priority they wanted the muiniciplatity /govt to do no doubtr it would,,At least city of capetown has culemborg (click) they should be applauded for ( safe spaces ) but going a step further than only wooden pallets in open to sleep on towards houses would be wonderful in cape tonw too as seattle has done
"A mostly female crew constructs a village of emergency shelters in north Seattle, and finds camaraderie along the way.For the volunteer tradeswomen who came together over several cold, wet weekends this spring to build a tiny-house village for homeless women in north Seattle, the ultimate reward wasn’t necessarily their finished handiwork.
Rather, it was the confidence and camaraderie the project inspired for many of the crew who, for the first time, worked on a construction site where they were not the only women.
Alice Lockridge, who spent a 30-year career training women to do physically demanding work, created the Women4Women initiative that brought them all together.
“These women go to work every day and are told they are not as good, they are taking some man’s job, and ‘Why are they there?’ Subtle and straight to their faces, every day for their entire careers,” Lockridge says. READ MORE
"A mostly female crew constructs a village of emergency shelters in north Seattle, and finds camaraderie along the way.For the volunteer tradeswomen who came together over several cold, wet weekends this spring to build a tiny-house village for homeless women in north Seattle, the ultimate reward wasn’t necessarily their finished handiwork.
Rather, it was the confidence and camaraderie the project inspired for many of the crew who, for the first time, worked on a construction site where they were not the only women.
Alice Lockridge, who spent a 30-year career training women to do physically demanding work, created the Women4Women initiative that brought them all together.
“These women go to work every day and are told they are not as good, they are taking some man’s job, and ‘Why are they there?’ Subtle and straight to their faces, every day for their entire careers,” Lockridge says. READ MORE
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660 sq foot house 3D Printed in Cement in 24 hours for R50000
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The model has a living room, bedroom, bathroom, and a curved porch. “There are a few other companies that have printed homes and structures,” Ballard says. “But they are printed in a warehouse, or they look like Yoda huts. For this venture to succeed, they have to be the best houses.” The use of cement as a common material will help normalize the process for potential tenants that question the sturdiness of the structure. “I think if we were printing in plastic we would encounter some issues.”
Once ICON completes material testing and tweaking of the design, the company will move the Vulcan printer to El Salvador to begin construction. ICON says its 3D-printed houses will create minimal waste and labor costs are significantly reduced.
https://www.iconbuild.com/
Once ICON completes material testing and tweaking of the design, the company will move the Vulcan printer to El Salvador to begin construction. ICON says its 3D-printed houses will create minimal waste and labor costs are significantly reduced.
https://www.iconbuild.com/
housing first in Ireland
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The principles behind it is that you target the most long-term and chronic street homeless – the ones who have historically been kept out of housing and have not been able to maintain the most basic of emergency accommodation,” says Adrian.“If you provide a home for these people and you bring the support in afterwards, they’re able to sustain it.
They’re able to recover from poor mental health or physical health issues, addiction – whatever trauma and issues that are going on – they’re able to recover.In the past, homelessness services in Ireland and much of Europe and the US were geared towards a staircase model of recovery. |
Under this, a homeless person would have to advance towards a home by first proving that they could live in a homeless shelter, maybe successfully complete drug or alcohol rehabilitation programmes, and essentially work their up way to a secure, permanent home.
Housing First flipped this model on its head – with a secure, safe, permanent home with support being the primary goal; and recovery, therapy or whatever else is needed coming after that.
THE FULL ARTICLE read online here
Revisiting my Homeless Pushcart, or the world smallest home
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Considering that there are 7000 on the streets in Capetown approx with approx only 1000 beds, and that endless phone calls to them revealed the same thing last winter. all were fill, the City has come up with SAFE SPACES to be implemented on small scale in March. NGOS were only told about this 2 weeks before it was announced in the newspapers and Tenders had already been taken. Hopefully this will improve the situation a little depending on how many beds , how many years it takes to build enough if they go ahead , how many more street people arrive on the streets in this . Housing first is not an option they have considered it seems . In Finland this option was considered but ultimately rejected as it lead to the same issues in shelters, a lack of privacy. One has to ask if Housing first implemented on emergency tiny homes basis on tracts of land is not as cost effective as dormitories ? and provides a better sense of safety and privacy?
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Detroit’s tiny houses give residents a home to rebuild their lives
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Tiny houses have become trendy in recent years, as people trade in traditional consumer lifestyles for a simpler option -- a living space that’s no more than 400 square feet. But in Detroit, these diminutive dwellings have a lofty goal: giving homeless and low-income people a chance at homeownership. Jeffrey Brown reports on Cass Community Social Services Tiny Homes Detroit project.
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