In Vancouver WA, across the river from Portland:Homelessness is an urban problem.
When I was a kid, row crop farmers maintained migrant labor camps. They were one and two room shacks, surrounding a central bath/laundry/kitchen that everybody shared. We would always work up an acre or so of irrigated ground as a community garden. Of course, if someone didn't work they got evicted, and the farmer wouldn't wait for the sheriff to do it. If they made it easier to get rid of bad actors, camps like that would work in urban areas. If you can't get along with people, you're out. If you can't keep the area clean, you're out. If you damage property, you're out.
That's pretty a pretty steep price for a shack, though I suppose the current inflation rate will cut the price by 1/3 in less than a decade.In Vancouver WA, across the river from Portland:
Tiny homes nonprofit overcomes big hurdles as Vancouver project nears completion
Community Roots Collaborative had to overcome large obstacles as it worked to build a tiny homes community in Fruit Valley to alleviate homelessness, but the project is nearly complete.www.columbian.com
Twenty-one tiny homes will be built, with six already finished and more on the way to production.
Each home costs around $156,000 to build and should last 50 years.
“We didn’t seek just for lowest unit cost upon entry, but we saw it for lowest lifetime cost,” Thobaben said.
Each home will be about 408 square feet and house one to three tenants, with half of the tiny homes being ADA accessible. A washer and dryer, air conditioning and solar panels will be included. Utilities will be around $50 per month — with total rent at $650.
Bruce
$650/month rent will keep the bums out. There's a lot of decent low income people who have been inflated out of their homes. The big challenge will be maintenance in a decade or so when $650 will buy you four meal deals at Mickey D's.After homeless move in and destroy the property their value will drop like a rock.
There is probably 21 people in some blocks in Portland . . .In Vancouver WA, across the river from Portland:
Tiny homes nonprofit overcomes big hurdles as Vancouver project nears completion
Community Roots Collaborative had to overcome large obstacles as it worked to build a tiny homes community in Fruit Valley to alleviate homelessness, but the project is nearly complete.www.columbian.com
Twenty-one tiny homes will be built, with six already finished and more on the way to production.
Each home costs around $156,000 to build and should last 50 years.
“We didn’t seek just for lowest unit cost upon entry, but we saw it for lowest lifetime cost,” Thobaben said.
Each home will be about 408 square feet and house one to three tenants, with half of the tiny homes being ADA accessible. A washer and dryer, air conditioning and solar panels will be included. Utilities will be around $50 per month — with total rent at $650.
Bruce
interesting kink in portland, possible the same everywhere.I live about 35 miles from Portland and about 7 miles from a small town . . . no homeless to be found anywhere here.