2018 STEVE GRUETZMACHER HOMELESS AWARENESS ESSAY CONTEST
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Affordable Housing

  • The Urban Institute: America's Rental Housing Crisis
  • NY Times: In 83 Million Eviction Records, a Sweeping and Intimate Look at Housing in America
Books
  • Tent City Urbanism: From Self-Organized Camps to Tiny House Villages
    • ​Companion website
    • The Village Collaborative Website​
    • ​The Village Collaborative Facebook Page
    • HUD Report: A Feasibility Study of Tiny Home Villages to Increase Affordable Housing in Lane County, Oregon
Studies
  • Tiny House Villages for the Homeless: Comparative Case Study (Catherine Mingoya, MIT, 2015)
Related Stories
  • Community First! Village Goes Beyond Housing for Austin Homeless
  • Students at Reno's ACE High School construct tiny homes.
  • Students at Berkeley's Realm Charter School construct tiny home for donation to transitional housing community in Eugene, Oregon.​
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This tiny house prototype was constructed in just two days. (Marty Sandberg)
  • NPR: As a Guerrilla Movement, Tiny Homes May Emerge as an Alternative to Shelters
  • Homeless People Build Innovative  Prototype Home.   The design was based on the Segal Method, a means of construction specifically designed for untrained self-builders.
  • 11 Tiny House Villages Redefining Home
  • Tiny Houses for the Homeless: An Affordable Solution Catches On

Pedestrian Villages for the Homeless

Michael E. Arth's plan to permanently solve homelessness in Volusia County, FL.

"The current approach to adult homelessness, which follows a similar model all over the United States, has failed and continual applications of “band-aid solutions” by various competing and disparate agencies are not going to fix it. We believe that the comprehensive Villages for the Homeless approach will reduce crime, improve our cities, and ultimately prove to be less costly and more helpful to the homeless themselves."

Learn more at www.villagesforthehomeless.org

As an urban designer and public policy analyst, Michael E. Arth believes that for less cost, we can have
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  • Welcome
  • Contest
    • About Steve
    • The Zinedine Colombant Lightness Award
    • Guidelines
    • Suggested Topics
    • Judges
    • Apply
    • Submit
  • Youth Voices
  • Book
  • Resources
    • Other Resources
    • History
    • Youth Homelessness
    • Veterans
    • Affordable Housing
    • The Future of Work
    • The Empathy Crisis
    • Exploitation
    • Racism
    • Sustainability
    • Substance Abuse
  • Blog
  • Community
    • Forum
    • Global Perspectives
    • Chicago, IL
    • Cincinnati, OH
    • Dallas, TX
    • Eugene, OR
    • Harlingen, TX
    • Houston, TX
    • Los Angeles, CA
    • Nashville, TN
    • Philadelphia, PA
    • Pittsburgh, PA
    • Portland, OR
    • Reno, NV
    • Silicon Valley, CA
    • St. Louis, MO
    • Tampa, FL
  • Advocacy
  • Contact
    • Future Contests