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I'll go ahead and give a few ideas though of things we could start. 1. Build apartment style tiny houses which can be booked for a month at a time, for free, b
by jessehorne 6y ago
I'll go ahead and give a few ideas though of things we could start.
1. Build apartment style tiny houses which can be booked for a month at a time, for free, by people who are homeless. This would be basically like a tent-city except it's organized and maintained making it cleaner, safer, and healthier in general. We'd need quite a bit of funding to get this going anywhere. Would love to discuss ideas on how to get this implemented somewhere. Once the people have a safe place to live, we can focus on other things. That's first and foremost. You can't expect someone living under a bridge to be ready for employment. If we can't utilize motels/apartments that already exist, then we just have to build it from scratch. There's also the option of buying extremely cheap housing/property in poor neighborhoods and converting it to what we need. Check out the Catholic Workers for example.
2. Reach out to fast food chains in your area and ask them if they could sponsor free food giveaways. The more official/legitimate you can appear, the more likely this can happen. This method is interesting because it doesn't require you to have an official space or kitchen. If you do like cooking, Food not Bombs has tons of material on how to get the materials you need to make a TON of meals, for free or cheap. These methods could be used to provide meals to people living in the room-city explained above.
3. Contact universities and organizations in your area to find people willing to donate their time for free for things like therapy, counseling (mental well-being, job search, fighting addiction, etc). Tell them they can stick it on a resume (which they can). Then set up a scheduling system to where people can get sessions with these professionals. Honestly one person could in their spare time start a project like this and have GREAT impact. You just need a few hours a week to facilitate things.
4. Build a big network of people that work in the trades but also in low-skill occupations. If you have this network, then you could utilize it to help people find jobs.
Those are a few of my own ideas. I hope that helps.