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neonoggie t1_iwlifdp wrote

Reply to comment by TTBrandyThief in After spending billions, federal government doesn't know if it's reducing chronic homelessness: AG by strawberrykid_sg

Honestly tiny houses are pretty damn cheap, you could probably mass produce them for 30k a pop if you used inexpensive materials and equipped them with the bare minimum needed to qualify as a house. Buy up some empty land and set up a bus route to and from those areas. But I’m sure the issue is NIMBYs dont want homeless people in homes near them (lol)

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thegreatgazoo t1_iwlvnpf wrote

The Veterans Community Project currently does this.

San Francisco on the other hand has spent $60,000/year/tent "supporting" the homeless and nothing has improved. After sitting on a $1 billion bond issued to build housing for the homeless for 10 years, Los Angeles has started building them at $300k to $600k/unit.

It shouldn't be rocket science to build cheap and safe housing.

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BatteryAcid67 t1_iwm0qz7 wrote

Open it up to non veterans!

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thegreatgazoo t1_ixquc0w wrote

I believe they customize the programs to deal with veteran specific issues such as PTSD and combat injuries.

But yes, it should be universal.

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neonoggie t1_iwm3cda wrote

I mean 300k in LA probably just pays for the land to be fair. Need to build outside of LA and set up a bus to and from the city or something.

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kabekew t1_iwner11 wrote

"A" bus? L.A. county alone has 69,000 homeless.

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neonoggie t1_iwnhmfc wrote

To be fair i said “a bus route” in my original statement, plus it would be ridiculous to try and house that many people in a single subdivision. Obviously there would be more than one

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thegreatgazoo t1_iwpqklg wrote

I doubt that an extended stay hotel costs $300k/unit.

The benefit of tiny houses is that if one gets trashed, they are a lot easier to swap out with a new one, especially if they are mass produced. Though I'd think that they could be put into a frame with multiple floors and walkways on one side and forklift access in the back to allow them to be easily swapped out with quick connect power, sewer, and water lines.

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neonoggie t1_iwpspfm wrote

Thats a really good point and solves a major problem for these kinds of units

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SelectiveSanity t1_iwlvzjx wrote

Already happening in Los Angeles, but you're right about the NIMBYs. Though a thought does occur to me with regards to this, why not use abandoned malls. Most of the infrastructure is already there and they could probable fit a couple of housing units where a single store used to be if you go for that minimalistic style seen in high end Japanese Capsule hotels. Increase that exponentially if it has what used to be a Sears stores attached to it.

It's been done before, granted that was more for profit rather the to help the homeless.

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dravik t1_iwnzah7 wrote

You have a high risk of it turning out like Cabrini Green.

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