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Las vegas tiny homes micro summit

Kelly Swan, CEORenew Therapeutic Enhancement Services February 22, 2018

What are the Problems?

Las Vegas has Fifth Highest Rate of Unsheltered Homeless in the Nation

Southern Nevada has the highest rate of unsheltered unaccompanied youth in the Nation

Approximately 6,490 people experience homelessness on any given night in Southern Nevada

More than 24,900 Southern Nevadans will experience homelessness this year

3 of 4 people experiencing homelessness in Southern Nevadan were living here before they lost their housing. They are our neighbors.

Over half cited

job loss

as the primary cause of their homelessness

According to the 

2016 Homeless Assessment Report

 to Congress, Clark County School District reported that during the 

2015-16 school year

 more than

14,000 homeless students

were enrolled

Nevada is #1 State

Worst shortage of affordable and available rental units in the nation

Las Vegas is #1 City

Only

12 units

available per hundred needed in Las Vegas

National Low Income Housing Coalition, Annual Report, “The

Gap:A Shortage of Affordable Homes” March 2017

Affordable Housing for Extremely Low Income Residents

Only 12 in LV

How can our Faith Communities create sustainable solutions?

TINY HOMES!

The diversity and function of Tiny Homes are limited only by our ingenuity and imagination

.

EDAR – Everyone Deserves A Roof

Short-term, immediate shelter

Distributed through:

C

hurches

L

ocal nonprofits

Homelessness agencies Wrap around services$500 per unit

www.edar.org

DecaDomes

Temporary Shelter and Emergency Response Structure

Swap panels to convert

Various sizes for individuals or families

The homes are easy to install and go up in about an hour

Parking Lot Projects

Homeless Ministry

Commitment by church members

A hand up, not a hand out

Benefits residents and congregation

Church provides Homeless Ministry Training to members

and a

sani-canBuilt with volunteer labor and materialsSustainable and cost-effective

Hospitality Village in Eugene, OR

Conestoga Huts

$250 - $500 per unit

St Vincent de Paul vets potential residents

Wrap around services by non-profits

The Evolution of Hospitality Village

Huts became homes on wheels

Increased security and decreased vandalism & illegal activities on church property during off hours

Dignity Village in Portland, OR

Opened in 2001 as a tent encampment

Now semi-permanent residence for up to 60 people per night.

Submit an application stating goals and how you can help once you start living here

$35 monthly (insurance fee)

Can stay up to two years

Central community gathering place and “campground” bathrooms

Othello Village in Seattle, WA

Seventy 100 square foot houses with heat and electricity, and short-term tents

Seattle has six sanctioned encampments

http://www.seattle.gov/homelessness/sanctioned-encampments

$90 monthly rent

Four to six month stay LIHI casemanagement Private donors finance $3,200 cost per home

Chile’s Half-a-House Creator Wins 2016 Pritzker Prize

2003, Iquique, Chile, post-natural disaster

Architect Alejandro

Aravena

-$7,500 per family in government subsidies.

“It’s social housing as an investment rather than as an expense.”

Highly successfulVariations are being, or have been, implemented in 13 other sites in Chile and Mexico.

CASS Community Tiny Homes Project

2013 – Detroit declared bankruptcy

City lacks affordable housing

Can replicate throughout the city

Clean, safe, affordable

$1 per month per square foot

Residents build or repair credit Home ownership after seven years

27 acre community of permanent housing

All funding for development came from private donors

Organized and is run by social outreach ministry Mobile Loaves & Fishes

Permanent housing for disabled and chronically homeless  

Several outdoor kitchens, organic gardens, and a chicken coop

Monthly rent $225 to $380

$12 million investment in the project.Tiny Home units are fully furnished and offer communal bath and laundry facilities.RVs are donated

https://mlf.org/community-first/COMMUNITY FIRST! Village in Austin, TX

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