Homeless housing

SLEEPING pods in Newport have helped taken six homeless people off the streets in the last three months.

Wisps of smoke rise from the middle of a field in East Spokane on a Friday afternoon, as a man with a grizzled beard sits on half a couch and tries to cook canned food over a campfire.

A TINY home village is receiving pushback from neighbors and activists, who have called it a distraction from a permanent solution to homelessness. Jonathan G has called the small eight-by-eight-fo…

The village model is also faster to build and more attractive to occupants.

What would it actually cost to put a roof over the head of every person experiencing chronic homelessness? Some number crunching suggests not as much as you think, and an amount we could afford—especially given what it already costs not to.

These California students engineered cost-effective housing for local homeless people.

Wooden sleeping pods by Reed Watts made available to homeless people in London

Studio Nine Architects has designed a prototype for modular tiny houses that could be used to alleviate homelessness.

Design studio Andrés & José has created a mobile tiny house that could offer an immediate solution to homelessness—and redefine the concept of public space. With a focus on architecture, art, and public domain, the studio—made up of designers Andrés Sáenz and José Álvarez—created the ultimate compact blue dwelling.

They make more sense than tiny houses on an urban site