The unsheltered homelessness epidemic is an unacceptable crisis. Sadly, it is about to get much worse. Of course, we need more permanent housing-- a lot more. But permanent housing costs an average of $480,000 per unit to build in California, and as high as $750,000 or more in our large cities. And it takes 4+ years to build. This has resulted in 72% of people experiencing homelessness being unsheltered. Governments have been so focused on building more permanent housing that we have not given enough resources and attention to providing dignified places for people to live while they wait for permanent housing.
Our streets cannot be the waiting room.
Congregate shelters-- big rooms with bunk beds-- were not safe before, and they certainly aren't now. DignityMoves creates dignified communities where everyone gets their own room, with a door that locks. Using state-of-the-art modular prefabricated housing, we can build these for a fraction of the cost of permanent housing.
