@RamonAlonsoJr An awful lot of money is spent to keep homeless people from housing themselves.
Let us hope the hexayurts are tent-like enough to stay up.
Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/leashless/status/1318024740133535744

superadobe earthbag orphanage – withstand nepal earthquake

bulletproof/fireproof… from plastic bottles – http://www.theplaidzebra.com/bulletproof-fireproof-environmentally-friendly-homes-are-being-made-from-plastic-bottles/

bamboo – sturdy et al – http://www.ted.com/talks/elora_hardy_magical_houses_made_of_bamboo

rebel architecture (doc)

spaces that already are

this is place

the majestic bus – site – slides

change policy – ie: parking as bundle

billboard homes for homeless – http://money.cnn.com/2014/10/31/smallbusiness/billboards-for-homeless/index.html

accessory dwellings – minnesota

lse cities

squatting

tiny home project in detroit for homeless – detroit

square one villages – andrew heben @andrew_heben – tent city urbanism

tiny apartment

http://family-truck.littlethings.com/truck-transforms-castle/ – castle truck

zero energy house – norway

cabin so small – no permit required – finland

apis cor 3d printed house (in 24 hrs – $10,000) http://mashable.com/2017/03/03/3d-house-24-hours/?utm_cid=mash-com-fb-main-link#2yiT09n1GOqh

3d printed house (less than 24 hrs – $4000) https://www.facebook.com/InTheKnowInnovationAOL/videos/1850939161865405/

the domes – california – uc davis

http://www.dezeen.com/2015/01/23/carl-turner-prefabricated-open-source-floating-house-floodwater/ – floating house

school bus cottage – http://www.goodshomedesign.com/amazing-tiny-school-bus-cottage/

tiny houses ($40) for homeless – http://rt.com/usa/234371-tiny-houses-california-poor/

weaving a home: http://www.1millionwomen.com.au/blog/weaving-home-how-one-woman-can-help-millions-people-globally/ –fb via alexander and leigh

regen villages

Good news: The shuttered school I tweeted as an example will house Philly’s homeless veteranshttps://t.co/lCFXPhgseA
Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/trayf/status/781122055089651712

Follow the money, always. But this seems 2b social housing enabling play/game/health, rather than just “jobs/work”:https://t.co/Eu7rfa1Nx0
Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/theplayethic/status/780022140225646593

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There are 18,600,000 vacant homes in the United States. That’s enough for every homeless person to have six.
Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/CovHousePrez/status/492669638359416832

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oikos (the economy our souls crave).. ‘i should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.’ – gaston bachelard, the poetics of space

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occupied buildings.. common ing.. italy

https://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Naples_Council_Resolution_of_2016_on_Occupied_Buildings_as_Common_Goods

it recognises the social value of the experience of living in occupied spaces and not only the economic value of the properties. It is also important because it establishes “the recognition of public spaces as part of a process of constant active listening and monitoring of the city and its demands, in relation to the collective use of spaces and protection of the commons.”

empty buildings

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networked individualsim

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no more little boxes – city sketchup

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food\ness

money\ness

home less ness

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new rules of public art

art people

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@ClintSmithIII

If you read one thing today, read this by @just_shelter. People continue to live in poverty bc we keep them there. nytimes.com/2017/05/09/mag…

how home ownership became the engine of american inequality

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/magazine/how-homeownership-became-the-engine-of-american-inequality.html

There is a reason so many Americans choose to develop their net worth through homeownership: It is a proven wealth builder and savings compeller. The average homeowner boasts a net worth ($195,400) that is 36 times that of the average renter ($5,400).

While many Americans assume that most poor families live in subsidized housing, the opposite is true; nationwide, only one in four households that qualifies for rental assistance receives it

When we think of entitlement programs, Social Security and Medicare immediately come to mind. But by any fair standard, the holy trinity of United States social policy should also include the mortgage-interest deduction — an enormous benefit that has also become politically untouchable…The MID came into being in 1913, not to spur homeownership but simply as part of a general policy allowing businesses to deduct interest payments from loans. At that time, most Americans didn’t own their homes and only the rich paid income tax, so the effects of the mortgage deduction on the nation’s tax proceeds were fairly trivial. That began to change in the second half of the 20th century, though, because of two huge transformations in American life. First, income tax was converted from an elite tax to a mass tax: In 1932, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (precursor to the I.R.S.) processed fewer than two million individual tax returns, but 11 years later, it processed over 40 million. At the same time, the federal government began subsidizing homeownership through large-scale initiatives like the G.I. Bill and mortgage insurance. Homeownership grew rapidly in the postwar period, and so did the MID.

The owner-renter divide is as salient as any other in this nation, and this divide is a historical result of statecraft designed to protect and promote inequality.

Poverty and homelessness are political creations.

Once a rarity in America, eviction has become commonplace in our cities, disrupting families, schools and entire neighborhoods.

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spime housing – via Dante

nomad ness

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italy

艾未未 Ai Weiwei (@aiww) tweeted at 5:11 AM – 25 May 2017 :

Italy Is Giving Away 103 Historical Buildings https://t.co/q6JA1YFoxc(http://twitter.com/aiww/status/867699549292421120?s=17)

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share by Dante – squat empty cities

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2016-11-21/-100-billion-chinese-made-city-near-singapore-scares-the-hell-out-of-everybody

squatters in nyc

http://99percentinvisible.org/episode/squatters-lower-east-side/

koda – moveable (walking) concrete house – put together in 7 hrs

http://www.kodasema.com/en/

too expensive to move et al – via Eric and Dante – can’t pack it or bike it

instant housing for urban nomads via Dante

http://travelinsuranceblog.info/article/290469917/instant-housing-for-urban-nomads/

thinking.. hexayurt that turns into back pack –

on other end.. thinking 3d printed houses

concrete water pipe opod housing

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japanese retirement home: http://mymodernmet.com/issei-suma-jikka-retirement-home/

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better homeless shelters

Imagining a better homeless shelter https://t.co/bSSxap5QL8 #500Khomeless https://t.co/e2Sjzld9vt

Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/CityLab/status/880207699065147392

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architecture of affection

Creative Review (@CreativeReview) tweeted at 4:15 AM – 26 Nov 2017 :

Exploring the architecture of affection. A new exhibition showcases work by architects and designers that creates richer kinds of social engagement possibilities https://t.co/KSEOSEGS3G https://t.co/vEd4GKEzBe (http://twitter.com/CreativeReview/status/934742298054840320?s=17)

spaces for school.. yeah better.. but not what we’re capable of..

first video (equal by design 23 min) – park hill sheffield.. ie of iwan baan space.. restored.. for diverse population econ wise… spinoza: people are diff but doesn’t mean they can’t be equal.. then talking on money.. why..? let’s do equity – everyone getting a go everyday.. sans money .. at 18 min – wainwright on affordable housing not being affordable for most.. alexander road estate london.. at 22 min – because a house should be from somebody’s dream shouldn’t it..? housing not being built for good of people.. but for economic success

second video (women are finally coming home 4 min) –

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modern eco village:

https://imgur.com/gallery/KbPrjkp

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sandymaxey (@sandymaxey) tweeted at 6:03 AM – 31 Aug 2018 :
“What’s particularly exciting to me about the role of creative placemaking is it’s really not just about how to occupy a single property,” says Lewinski, “but also the process of how, and who and what matters.” https://t.co/jznKao2DyQ (http://twitter.com/sandymaxey/status/1035498322616823808?s=17)

All the communities we visited want to reduce the negative impacts of vacant property, and a variety of community members, such as artists, community-based organizations, and city staff, see creative placemaking as one tool to help make that happen,” the report says.

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Russ (@RussInCheshire) tweeted at 2:02 PM – 8 Sep 2018 :
More:
The richest 10% of UK household wealth is 315 times greater than the poorest 10% of UK household wealth.
In 1950 you could afford a 3 bedroom house and car in London on the equivalent household income of £25,000. Today you need £430,000. (http://twitter.com/RussInCheshire/status/1038517915140665346?s=17)

Breanna (@monagray) tweeted at 5:52 AM – 6 Sep 2018 :
My childcare costs are double my housing costs https://t.co/wOMoKFXuya (http://twitter.com/monagray/status/1037669991120875520?s=17)

caring labor

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ikea homes less than 10 000

Co.Design (@FastCoDesign) tweeted at 4:37 AM – 11 Sep 2018 :
Ikea’s Space10 Building Blocks home costs less than $10,000 https://t.co/cxS6pcxPmt#FCDesignAwards https://t.co/kWF0A6cM7Z(http://twitter.com/FastCoDesign/status/1039462944961179648?s=17)

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The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) tweeted at 5:30 AM – 11 Sep 2018 :
Local governments worry that dying malls will blight the landscape, so they are buying them up https://t.co/f2sMg5Vm7s(http://twitter.com/WSJ/status/1039476159271133184?s=17)

“For big boxes in particular, there are limited uses of that space,” said Michele Wildman, executive director at Genesee County Land Bank. ..the lack of windows and the large floor plate makes it difficult for such properties to be converted to other uses such as housing.

use them for no strings homeless apts iwan baan style

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CityLab (@CityLab) tweeted at 6:34 AM – 28 Nov 2018 :
“The area of parking per car in the United States is thus larger than the area of housing per human,” explains @DonaldShoup, the @UCLA transportation scholar and founding father of parking economics. https://t.co/PFPMWrE1zU (http://twitter.com/CityLab/status/1067773647815929856?s=17)

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CityLab (@CityLab) tweeted at 6:24 AM – 10 Dec 2018 :
Critics say the massive homes in Oahu are code-dodging rentals.
Others say space for extended-family home-share is necessary to manage the high home prices in Hawaii. https://t.co/2hIxcUr0gL(http://twitter.com/CityLab/status/1072119927543382016?s=17)

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mcmansions to pocket neighborhoods – atlanta suburb of clarkson

sandymaxey (@sandymaxey) tweeted at 5:12 AM – 20 May 2019 :
I love this so much. Worthy of atyention in the Triangle. https://t.co/w4p5QYkbUm (http://twitter.com/sandymaxey/status/1130431164978782209?s=17)

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CityLab (@CityLab) tweeted at 5:00 AM – 10 Jun 2019 :
In San Jose, the city agreed to create a new use category entirely for the project.
“To our knowledge, this is the first dedicated ‘co-living’ zoning code to be established in the U.S.,” says Eli Sokol, Starcity’s development manager. https://t.co/UMku6dn6ED (http://twitter.com/CityLab/status/1138038188633706496?s=17)

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architecting dwellings in the earth – focus on humans and nature alike

https://www.yankodesign.com/2019/07/04/architectural-designs-that-focus-on-humans-and-nature-alike/

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United Cities (@uclg_org) tweeted at 5:43 AM – 29 Aug 2019 :
#Copenhagen becomes the 40th city to join the Declaration of #CitiesForHousing
Welcome to this global movement to #MakeTheShift towards housing as a human right – not a commodity!
See full list of signatory #localgov here: https://t.co/qTBQPhUUMF https://t.co/o6GBfDZoyy (http://twitter.com/uclg_org/status/1167040080801882113?s=17)

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Alberto Cottica (@alberto_cottica) tweeted at 1:42 AM – 28 Aug 2019 :
.@edgeryders co-founder @matjahu lives in a truck, and dreams of a kinder world. Veru inspiring!
“For me it’s a house that I can move step by step and slowly, stopping to live in different places along the way, and then I use the bicycle to get around.” https://t.co/Z1afpUe77C https://t.co/KUnLNTnqsy (http://twitter.com/alberto_cottica/status/1166617050577539073?s=17)

Matt (@matjahu) tweeted at 1:41 PM – 24 Aug 2019 :
@leashless Or we do tech fixes AND consumption reduction. With a local, autarkist maker economy. It’s not so hard. My hacked together lifestyle in this old firefighter truck has a recurring 90% reduction in electricity / water consumption / trash generation. (Carbon yet to measure.) (http://twitter.com/matjahu/status/1165348447161061378?s=17)

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Wall St. Bailout Stan (@CascadianSolo) tweeted at 0:46 AM on Tue, Dec 10, 2019:
Things that are illegal to build in most American cities now, a thread:
(https://twitter.com/CascadianSolo/status/1204306278173958145?s=03)

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Was struck by this as well. Terrific talk. One can understand why Vienna is consistently ranked as one of the most livable cities in the world. #CityLabDC https://t.co/vvX4XY0elf
Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/SheilaRFoster/status/1188830032485064704

@SamKling2: Maria Vassilakou, former dep. mayor, on one reason Vienna is so livable: 62% of residents live in social housing. 62%! #CityLabDC

Also public space, pedestrianization, cheap and extensive public transit. Only 27% of trips made by private cars. (And 62% social housing!) #CityLabDC
Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/SamKling2/status/1188830041003741185

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village of upside down boat houses

https://unusualplaces.org/equihen-plage-village-of-upside-down-boat-houses/

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home made of bleachers – morph\able

https://www.cbc.ca/life/video/step-inside-this-uber-modern-quebec-home-with-an-interior-made-entirely-from-bleachers-1.5111392

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italy

CNN (@CNN) tweeted at 5:36 AM – 31 Jan 2020 :
There are several Italian villages offering homes for $1 — and now a city has joined the club https://t.co/Dko5pzdmkC(http://twitter.com/CNN/status/1223223416888623105?s=17)

CNN (@CNN) tweeted at 4:52 AM – 17 Feb 2020 :
After numerous Italian communities have tried to revive their populations by selling homes for little more than a dollar, one town has a new approach. Teora is hoping to lure potential residents by offering to pay towards their rent if they move in. https://t.co/JdXLQrH51p(http://twitter.com/CNN/status/1229372950568194050?s=17)

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Peter Vander Auwera (@petervan) tweeted at 6:21 AM – 14 Feb 2020 :
“temporality is to time as architecture is to space” – MJD 58,889 https://t.co/iQzzWUuGAB (http://twitter.com/petervan/status/1228308329342099456?s=17)

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half a house ness

cities for housing

filling gaps & bow houses & a-kamp47 via Stéphane Malka

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