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Homeless shelters in north america are missing a feature. Many features are possible. Switzerland for example uses their bomb shelters as homeless shelters. B
by incomingpain 3y ago
Homeless shelters in north america are missing a feature. Many features are possible.
Switzerland for example uses their bomb shelters as homeless shelters.
But north america doesn't have that same war fears. We don't have bomb shelters everywhere.
One thing which always made me curious. Why don't storage lockers act as cheap housing? It's 1 light, maybe an outlet. But they all disallow people living out of them.
Homeless have their stolen shopping carts full of junk. Wouldnt storage spot of 8'x8' be enough to at least offer people housing when they need it? Safely store their stuff and get out of the elements. Constructing these is trivial as well. We could produce a ridiculous number of storage lockers at virtually no cost. People can use them for whatever reason they want.
- jeremiahlangner 3y agoBiggest problem is "cleanup". Lack of availability of basic hygiene almost guarantees health hazards and extreme cleanup costs for storage facility owners.
- Animats 3y ago> Safely store their stuff Santa Monica, CA, has a place with storage, washers, and laundry. It is called SHWASHLOCK.[1] It's been open for thirty years now. Amusingly, they don't give the address, which is 505 Olympic Boulevard. [1] https://www.thepeopleconcern.org/shwashlock/ https://www.thepeopleconcern.org/shwashlock/