The designs and ideas on this site were developed over many years for the express purpose of reducing homelessness across the US. This site was developed as a free resource in hopes of helping small towns, unincorporated communities and similar.
The US has torn down about a million SROs since the end of World War II. At the same time, our population has increased while average household size has shrunk.
We are currently trying to meet the need for small spaces with options like RVs and Tiny Houses which fail to capitalize on the benefits of having some shared amenities. Alternately, some places are building expensive "micro units" in buildings with a great deal of amenities.
All of these options fail to provide a supply of reasonably affordable housing for Americans of ordinary means which is fueling an unprecedented national housing crisis. Though California seems to be the dumping ground for a lot of our homeless, there isn't a single US state with an adequate supply of affordable housing.
By my estimate, we likely need somewhere between two million and ten million updated small spaces built in the US in the coming decade. Therefore, commercial developers are also free to use the info here on the condition that it be for mixed income developments that set aside at least half the units as "primary residences" and not 100 percent pied a terres for the wealthy looking for vacation homes or other "upscale only" developments that price out the common American.
The US has torn down about a million SROs since the end of World War II. At the same time, our population has increased while average household size has shrunk.
We are currently trying to meet the need for small spaces with options like RVs and Tiny Houses which fail to capitalize on the benefits of having some shared amenities. Alternately, some places are building expensive "micro units" in buildings with a great deal of amenities.
All of these options fail to provide a supply of reasonably affordable housing for Americans of ordinary means which is fueling an unprecedented national housing crisis. Though California seems to be the dumping ground for a lot of our homeless, there isn't a single US state with an adequate supply of affordable housing.
By my estimate, we likely need somewhere between two million and ten million updated small spaces built in the US in the coming decade. Therefore, commercial developers are also free to use the info here on the condition that it be for mixed income developments that set aside at least half the units as "primary residences" and not 100 percent pied a terres for the wealthy looking for vacation homes or other "upscale only" developments that price out the common American.