Homeless friendly architecture

Anti-homeless architecture is also known as hostile or defensive design, that deters homeless people from sleeping in public areas.

A thread denounced cities with the worst examples of insidious 'anti-homeless' architecture. Social media users were angered at design features like metal spikes, inset, intended to deter homeless people

I've always loved this idea... Always... There are few things that deserve more attention... Care for our earth, care for the poor and care people in need. There are so many disruptive things that we choose our focus on what matters... I am thinking how can I creatively contribute to help happen in some places. How sad that they can't afford fruit that grows so easily on trees. I seriously do want to be a part of this is some capacity!!! It's a beautiful loving thing to do and we simply…

Melinda Nichols, a carpenter since 1972 and longtime board member at the nonprofit that is developing and will operate this tiny village, thought a village specifically for women should be built by women.

Oakland artist, Gregory Kloehn, turns trash into homes for the homeless. Kloehn's "little homeless homes" are about the size of a sofa, but they come with a pitched roof to keep out the rain and wheels so recipients can roll them around town. So far Kloehn has built 10 of the tiny houses using mostly illegally dumped trash that piles up on the streets in a semi-industrial section of West Oakland.

Anti-homeless policy has been a staple in cities all over the world for decades, whether those policies be forthright, like loitering laws and sit-lie ordinances, or peppered into a city’s infrastructure and public spaces.

Emergency Shelter; Analogy (Refugee)

Austin Resource Center for the Homeless | Journeyman