Solving the housing problem will take creative solutions. In Charlotte, nonprofit, Roof Above, buys hotel and turns it into housing for 88 families. This winter, it will be used for an emergency shelter. By summer, it will begin its transformation into permanent housing for 80 families facing homelessness.
With Covid decimating the hospitality industry, many hotels are facing low occupancy rates. This may be a model that other organizations will replicate. Read more
What do you do when you can’t find affordable housing near your job? You find the next best option. For 78 percent of the people working in St. Helena, that means commuting. Thirty percent of Read more…
“Low income should not be confused with low quality,” Kevin says. “These homes are very well built.” He says he likes working with the families, and enjoys the everchanging work as the houses progress. “It was exciting to see the walls go up, the roofs go on, then the windows and now thefamilies are installing kitchen cabinets and flooring.”
At Factory OS, apartment complexes are constructed room by room. Modular units are moved along on an assembly line: floors, dry wall, windows, then electrical, counters, and so on. When the units are completed, they are trucked to the construction site, and assembled like legos.
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