Think they are great. Especially for elderly people who are in financial distress

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i don't know 🤔 i don't know about you, but i really don't imagine myself living in a back yard lawnmower shed

Thank you for your service, and you're right. The program leader said that the center is available to help minimize isolation. It's a community. I like that it doesn't have a kitchen. It puts less pressure on the residents to have to focus on meals while doing what's necessary to move into permanent housing.

Well, that’s nice. Some people don’t have a choice or happen to have series of unfortunate circumstances that render them without anything, so these are amazing for those people that don’t have a choice and are scared to death about having to face sleeping outside when it’s 10 degrees, but there was no other option. It’s great see these exist now

Yep!

So does Pallet along with the large over bloated government contract :)

We have about three or four stay safe cities in my cities now. They are in a fenced area with showers, toilets and no drugs or alcohol allowed. I do t know how many people have been in these. It’s $150,000.00 a month to keep one of these stay safe cities up and running.

@@Pureimagination200 Why does it cost so much??

I’d say plumbing, electrical for laundry if that’s available and heating, if there’s a good number of these in one area, I would imagine it being around this price to have them constantly paid for. It’s sad it is that expensive though

@@codyjohnson4174 $150K per year is a hell of a lot for utilities and services. How many structures or people does that serve?

Why aren't you buying them and setting them up?

Was wondering about insulation.

Phoenix is hotttt

@@Pureimagination200not all year

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Would they be warm enough in cold climates? Is there enough heat from the built-in heater?

Agree 100% but sadly, just seeing a few comments here, I’d imagine in some communities, there will be people making complaints about these, but it’s like, is it really that much of a problem for you? Or is it just finding something to complain about. People that have never been face to face with sleeping in freezing rain I’d imagine. Yea, these are truly wonderful

Yea, this will bring hope and warmth to a lot of people throughout these harsh winters

"We're all one paycheque away from homelessness" -Well no, we all are not -The only ones who are those who make poor choices "EXACTLY what we need" -The facts say otherwise

@@virgilhilts3924 Poor choices? Like depression, divorce, illness? Or, loss of a job because the company/business closes? Or, maybe a car accident that leaves you unable to work? Those "poor choices"?

@@tanyac.c.macbean4707 Well considering the fact that countless studies have proven that the vast majority (>90%) of vagrants are where they are due to drug/alcohol abuse... I would you suggest you stop ignoring that particular poor choice. As for the rest, yes the vast majority FAILED to save and plan for their future which includes catastrophic events. Just look around you and ask yourself why are people making babies they cannot afford? Look at the amount of people whining and crying that they cannot save money yet they are driving late model cars, have the latest smart phone, big screen TVs with maxed out pay channels, massive song playlists on their phones, they buy $7.00 coffee and expensive boutique canned/bottled drinks, pay $5.00 to have their $6.00 BigMac delivered, and still manage to spend $500+ on Taylor Swift tickets. Those CHOICES are why they cannot save. I'm a retired Firefighter, even though I was making a good salary I was working extra jobs on my off days to build and save for my future. I rode busses & bikes, and drove cheap piles of junk so I could save to buy my first home, expand my side businesses, and plan for unexpected life events. My wife who was a teacher did the same thing, worked her butt off, planned, and saved. Our first home was a tiny little place that was thrashed out by renters, we slept on cots on the floor while we completely gutted and refurbished the house ourselves over the course of two years. We turned a $50,000 dump into a beautiful home that today is worth ~$300,000 through planning and a ton of hard work. Here's another one for you Sweetheart, since you brought it up... "maybe a car accident that leaves you unable to work" My niece had just graduated HS and was working the summer before she started college when she was hit by a repeat drunk driver. In an instant she became a C5/6 tetraplegic for life, no feeling from about the collar bone down, no hand function, limited arm movement. Because she started planning for her future and making good choices while still in HS, she was able to fight through and overcome. She CHOSE not to be a victim and instead CHOSE to be a victor. She worked her butt off to get herself through law school, passed the BAR, and earned herself a wonderful entry level job. She did all of it without taking a dime of taxpayer money, she EARNED her way through with hard work all from the "confines" of a wheelchair. Recently she bought her first home, a beautiful little place overlooking the city, and she is still in her twenties. So stop with your excuses, boo-hoos, and BS sob-stories. Life is tough... get a helmet 🤣

"Sleeping shelters, with community washrooms, laundry facilities & cook houses is EXACTLY what we need to keep our unhoused citizens safe, out of the elements & give them back their dignity" Well no, it is anything but what "we" need. These places have been proven to be complete waste of taxpayer money and do nothing to solve the problem. My states largest city bought into one project to create 30 such units They are ~10x12 with no plumbing, only a central shower, toilet, laundry building just as you describe So far the project has cost over 25 MILLION has been a complete failure and waste of money The units have been almost entirely empty because there are rules such as no drugs/alcohol, no prostitution, etc Meanwhile right outside the facilities fence, the sidewalks are littered with camps These places have been and continue to be complete failures at every turn One of the ones in my states largest city... The "tiny home village" sits behind the fence while the vagrants would rather sleep on the sidewalk and do drugs i.postimg.cc/TwT4DYsh/Tiny-Home-Camps.png

There are bathrooms; showers and laundry. Group cooking? Probably not. Usually these places have a catering service.

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You mean like communism? Isnt going "back" the exact opposite of "progress"

We run into a lot of "Not in My Back Yard" politics.

Extremely difficult because home owners and residents do not want these villages in their area.

You act like they're not going to do their drugs and all the other crap they do anymore just because they have a room.

​​@@ericb6784why would I want this in my backyard when 99% of the homeless people are either trunks or drug addicts?

The unfortunate beast in the room is drug and alcohol abuse due to being homelessness, then you have not in my neighbourhood, then you get the capitalists money grubbing assholes, trust me I know of it, I have been homeless, have been the addict, have been the homeless worker, currently the ex property manager, yup alot of ex's in my life but if I had access to this kind of shelter I would have never turned to the drugs to help me cope with the stressors of being homeless, jobless, no family, and having the ability to be modular and fixable and ability to change up for a mini kitchen is a good idea, and yes many ways to make 8t adaptable for any situation is there it's just a matter of getting all the neighbours on the block, the towns and cities, and the politicians on the same page, and it's not that hard to manufacture or set up a plant to make these structures out of recycled materials which would be a huuuuge bonus and windfall for each and every city, province and state, set it up as a non profit, recycling program with skills training !

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It truly is amazing huh. Iv known a lot of real good hearted folks that would have loved for an opportunity to stay in these. It’s nice to see good things like this in this world today

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In the USA, these would help with the situations after hurricanes, tornadoes, or even earthquakes, giving people a safe place to sleep and store their belongings so they can work at their jobs, or work to restore their home places.

Exactly. A private closet for a portable commode would be an excellent feature. Cat litter helps to minimize the odor and make disposal hygienic…

a back yard lawn mower shed, NOT TO LIVE IN, one hundred to one thousand per "VILLAGE" or fenced and gated community

no

"Palletshelter, a Washington-based firm, can build a transitional village of 60 in ten days. Each lockable shelter could cost $5500. "

They went over this very clearly, but were concise, so this is to fit the immediate need that can't wait WHILE affordable housing is built. I think this is first step: no dying on sidewalks. Step 2: longer-term transitional housing, where most people are on long lists because it's hard to find properties and landlords to sign on for homeless, so step 1 is like the ER housing, and then step3: affordable housing where its meant to be permanent, and for prople who are stable and established to be self sufficient. *Think of hurricane Katrina, you don't expect overnight permanent housing in the face of disaster, so stages and steps.

fema wants to charge 20 percent of your income for rent, each lawnmower SHED holds two people, no bathroom no kitchen, and daycare in the community room, one meal a day, fenced and gated, up to a thousand, per "village" ☕

That is not pricey for a reusable portable home with water and electrical hookup that takes about an hour to build.

@@cinattra It is kinda pricey because you can buy a trailer for that price and you don't have to assemble it. I've seen trailers for as little as 1k (it was a fixer upper) Plus, 7k is a lot of money to come up with at once. You can get a trailer on payments. Good luck getting a loan for one of these. And a trailer gives you a livingroom, a bathroom and shower, whereas this box doesn't even have a compost toilet or anything. A trailer gives you an entire home to work with, not just a room to sleep in. A trailer also gives you a kitchen and appliances. This box is 7 grand and doesn't give you anything but a place to sleep. It's a great idea for the homeless, don't get me wrong, but it most certainly is pricey. Plus, I also hate that it's temporary. I wish they would give people a chance to buy them so they could have something to actually hold onto. Many people qualify for a pension or a disability pension and could afford to make small payments. How are these houses supposed to fix anything when the housing crisis is getting worse, not better? A temporary solution just delays the inevitable, which means investing in it doesn't solve anything.

​​​@@hotcrazycatladyme168I don't think these are meant to be for sale to homeless people, it's to state and local government and cities as an immediate solution -with dignity-. Not sure if you are aware of how many people have died in Phoenix last summer when it didn't get below °100 at night for almost a month. Some died from burns-- from falling asleep on the pavement and their skin literally stuck to it. 😢

I agree. Thing is this is far from a new idea. The problem is states zoning codes won't let people build tiny homes. Then you see these homes and the cost starts at $7,000. What a joke, why even bother.

You are absolutely right, and its great you bring this HUGE elephant in the room of the discussion. I didn't hear any mention, while they were so detailed about every other feature and need. Keep talking!

I checked out their website and they do have an accessible hygiene unit that they can sell with this. I would think it would be pretty easy to make the actual pallet shelter itself accessible with a small ramp. They also do make units with built in bathrooms, so perhaps some cities could buy a couple of those for housing disabled. This is a very new initiative so it is just getting started. I’m sure there will be more options going forward.

The 64 is 8.5x7.5 The 100 is 13.5x7.5 Which project are you working on?

@@palletshelter496 Thank you so much for this! That is so awesome! I'm a student working with 5 Cities Homeless Coalition in Grover Beach California.

That’s a great question. Probably not but I bet they have a bunker in areas prone to tornadoes.

They're brought in on a pallet

they ship by pallet heh

I envision a several level approach to homelessness. In LA, have dorm style shelters with bunk beds. 50,000 beds around the county. These shelters would be emergency beds. Then have 15,000 of these temporary shelters as the next level for people to 'graduate' out of the emergency shelter. Build public housing projects for people getting out of the temporary shelters. And put people in public housing on the Section 8 list to get into regular housing. Make it easier to build homes by getting rid of building height restrictions, single family zoning, minumum parking requirements, etc so that more market rate housing gets built. It needs to be thought out as a chain and done as a whole package of measures.

Permanent housing???!!! Hahaha!!! Who wants to house homeless people in their area??? Will never happen. Thats why these temporary shelters are feasible cause u can move it to another location when residents complain. I say move them to desert encampments.

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