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Housing - kitsets could work - Lilith7 - 03-02-2022
Came across this earlier.
https://thedailyblog.co.nz/2022/02/03/kitset-solutions-imagine-housing-the-homeless-for-15000-per-unit/?fbclid=IwAR1iO2qhRzS1p-lXhKI8tUH4X3-7I3Ux4XHGqGVP9QH4iPSrY6vNwbQ9kFg
https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/kitset-house.html
There's quite a variety of them, no idea as to quality though but they might be worth looking into. If they could be a solution then that would make a huge difference to many homeless people here.
RE: Housing - kitsets could work - Olive - 03-02-2022
It's an interesting idea. I wonder what the equivalent cost would be of a caravan of the same dimensions and fittings, maybe like the caravans in holiday parks that are used for transient housing. Presumably the little prefab houses would need to be plumbed into the water and sewerage systems, also connected with electricity.
One of the obstacles would be locations - a ghetto of low cost housing has never been successful in the past, but seeding them into communities would take a massive PR drive, and most residential land has covenants preventing small houses from being built.
Another thing that has occurred to me is that the majority of our homeless are in the bigger cities and towns, where land is expensive.
I'm interested in other people's thoughts on this.
RE: Housing - kitsets could work - king1 - 03-02-2022
looking at alibaba at least, they all have 1,2,3 year warranties. Probably wouldn't be code compliant for that reason alone and might be a very good indication of quality.
Some of those look very nice though, but a 2 story house for $10000 USD? I'm suspicious
RE: Housing - kitsets could work - Oh_hunnihunni - 03-02-2022
Lots of US cities have cabin/tiny house villages for the homeless. Just basic pods with a community kitchen area, and an onsite manager.
We need to look at those examples and adapt some to keep our homeless safe.
RE: Housing - kitsets could work - Lilith7 - 04-02-2022
(03-02-2022, 08:09 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Lots of US cities have cabin/tiny house villages for the homeless. Just basic pods with a community kitchen area, and an onsite manager.That would make sense  - perhaps done through City missions, using their experienced staff, it could work.
We need to look at those examples and adapt some to keep our homeless safe.
RE: Housing - kitsets could work - king1 - 04-02-2022
(04-02-2022, 10:37 AM)Lilith7 Wrote:we had something similar in CHCH for temporary housing after the earthquakes(03-02-2022, 08:09 PM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: Lots of US cities have cabin/tiny house villages for the homeless. Just basic pods with a community kitchen area, and an onsite manager.That would make sense  - perhaps done through City missions, using their experienced staff, it could work.
We need to look at those examples and adapt some to keep our homeless safe.
RE: Housing - kitsets could work - Lilith7 - 04-02-2022
(04-02-2022, 10:43 AM)king1 Wrote:We did - not sure what happened to those.(04-02-2022, 10:37 AM)Lilith7 Wrote: That would make sense  - perhaps done through City missions, using their experienced staff, it could work.we had something similar in CHCH for temporary housing after the earthquakes