Mass produced shipping container housing might not be a bad idea though if governments can fund it. As long as they have consistent design requirements factored in (electricity, water, and sewage hookups), a place to set up that hasn't been NIMBY'd, and offered free to the people, I'd be all for it.

Let's end the housing crisis. Let's end homelessness. It isn't impossible.

[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

We have houses already. We have enough houses to house everyone, it's just not profitable to do so.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

I live in an an area with a lot of empty houses. A lot of those houses are not fit for human habitation. Someone dies, the house gets tied up in probate, the kids don't want to live in the area--nor do most other people--and so the house that was already in disrepair degrades more. And, TBH, moving homeless people to rural areas that have a lot of abandoned homes would make it harder for them to access social services.

Yeah, we have the houses. Just not where the homeless people are.

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