Can the tiny house movement end homelessness?

Humpy said:
I think I read somewhere that they are using old shipping containers as homes for the homeless.
They could call it shit hole city.
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Plenty of people outside of US have built nice looking tiny homes/summerhomes from ship containers. Definitely prefer them over big, tacky mansions myself.
 
The Ecology of Homelessness
Roger M. Nooe & David A. Patterson

Published online: 12 Mar 2010


http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10911350903269757?src=recsys#
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nitro said:
I love it.

Tiny Houses for the Masses: 84 Lumber Launches Packages Starting at $7K

"If you thought the tiny house movement was just a fad, think again. 84 Lumber, a major national retailer of building materials and services, just launched a series of tiny houses, available in flexible packages targeting anyone who might be interested in this lifestyle. In other words, 84 Lumber is out to make tiny house living as accessible as possible, whether the customer is serious DIY-er or somehow who just wants a fast, easy turnkey micro home...."

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http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/09/tiny...-lumber-launches-packages-starting-at-7k.html
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China is doing some interesting stuff with 3d printing... they print the concrete walls:

Housing costs are significantly pressuring a lot of people. Low-cost substitutes are a good development.
 
nitro said:
Well, does homelessness cause mental illness, or does mental illness cause homelessness?

I agree that in the past, public housing can go very wrong, for example Cabrini Green in Chicago.

But it can also go right...
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It cannot go right. Public housing is one of the worst examples of government overreach.
 
I remember seeing photos from Japan some years ago of an hotel whose rooms were converted pipes about 3 feet in diameter. They don't get much smaller than that.
 
Maybe that is why someone suggested that the population be reduced to 500MN....
JK.....

But factory jobs in the U.S. are not going to return to the levels that existed 50 years ago.
And coal is dead.

The division between rich and poor will only get greater.


  1. Maintain humanity under 500,000,000 in perpetual balance with nature.
  2. Guide reproduction wisely — improving fitness and diversity.
  3. Unite humanity with a living new language.
  4. Rule passion — faith — tradition — and all things with tempered reason.
  5. Protect people and nations with fair laws and just courts.
  6. Let all nations rule internally resolving external disputes in a world court.
  7. Avoid petty laws and useless officials.
  8. Balance personal rights with social duties.
  9. Prize truth — beauty — love — seeking harmony with the infinite.
  10. Be not a cancer on the earth — Leave room for nature — Leave room for nature.

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