Fund creative housing solutions
You could help by investing in creative and affordable housing solutions. Examples include building housing out of shipping containers, pre-fab tiny houses and 3D printed homes to allow those seeking an alternative to homelessness.
These models are much more cost effective to build than traditional housing models. Several models reduce construction costs through technological innovation to make homes out of new materials. In addition to investing in proven best practices, businesses (if specializing in this area) could also create their own initiatives to construct their own innovative housing solutions.
As a business, you could get involved by:
Innovating best practices. Invest resources into finding creative ways to reduce costs and create greater efficiencies in innovative housing solutions.
Building 3D Homes. Invest in domestic 3D printing homes companies. 3D homes have significantly faster construction times than traditional homes and are eco-friendly.
Building Tiny Homes. Invest in non-profit programs that provide tiny homes to those experiencing homelessness.
Partner with other organizations. Local governments or philanthropists may have funds set aside for affordable housing projects. Material distribution centers may also have extra materials that they are willing to offer to innovative affordable housing projects.
Invest in services. Stakeholders should also consider where these homes are being built to ensure that residents have access to appropriate transportation, adequate safety, and proximity to other basic needs.
Best Practices/Innovative Solutions
Tiny Homes for the Homeless - An article about ten cases studies from throughout the United States of communities using tiny homes to help solve homelessness in local jurisdictions.
New Story Charity - Builds printed homes for those in need of shelter. They have built over 2,500 traditional homes and are now building the first 3D printed community in Mexico.
Icon- an Austin-based company that seeks to revolutionize approaches to homebuilding with their printers, robotics, and other advanced materials, has recently been using their technologies to construct houses for the homeless. Icon collaborated with non-profit Community First and constructed six homes (each with a living room, bedroom, and bathroom) for the chronically homeless in Austin.
