this post was submitted on 24 Apr 2024
11 points (86.7% liked)

Housing Crisis

171 readers
1 users here now

A place to post news and have discussions about the housing crisis, its effect on people who are priced out, and what the future has in store.

Post news, share opinions and discuss potential solutions. Change begins with every new person.

Rules:

  1. No spam, no fake ass quasi-news, and no low-tier memes.
  2. No bigotry or hate speech or other illegal posting shit.
  3. No derailing valuable conversations using deviant tactics.

Other resources:

https://lemmy.world/c/rebubble

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
MercuryUprising
11
WATCH: N.B. tiny home village complete after ‘cranking out’ a house a week for 2 years (www.cbc.ca)
submitted 7 months ago by kalkulat to c/housingcrisis
3 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

New Brunswick, Canada. 2-minute video. One nterviewee and husband had just spent 11 mo. homeless. 100 homes on a few acres. Project created by -one- person and a small team of 15 carpenters. Homes built off-site and then moved into place.

Found a full story (Jan '23) on CBC at https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/12-neighbours-tiny-homes-fredericton-1.6732157 No time limit, people can live there for life.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] jpreston2005 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"It's just really powerful to see what people are working on and the capabilities people have once they no longer are fighting for warmth and safety."

It really is. I love seeing a project like this not just take off, but become self sustaining. They have community workshops so they even provide employment opportunities that help the tenants and the community et large. Just wonderful. If I ever end up homeless on the street, I hope there is something like this available.

[–] kalkulat 1 points 7 months ago

I've seen a major city struggle with this tiny homes thing for YEARS and get a dozen out of it. Meanwhile, here's one guy (and team) getting SO much done with MUCH less money. Leave out the politics and 'leadership', replace it with heart and nails, and look what we can do.