#tiny houses

TINY HOUSE ON SLAB

A cute house with loads of space and large kitchen.

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Construction of ‘tiny home village’ to begin this year on Indianapolis’ west side

Hey guys! This is in my home! It’s super exciting that we might be getting a tiny house village to help the homeless! ESPECIALLY since a nearby homeless camp is getting shut down!

But they gotta hit their funding goal in less than a month!

Next week I’ll probably be setting up donation commissions, but please take a look and if you can can throw a couple bucks their way or share this, please do!

Honest to god, it is warming my heart so much to see the notes shocked/delighted that Indianapolis is doing something like this!

In my experience, while the state itself is pretty red, Indy is developing more and more in the direction of public transportation, infrastructure, and even some social progress! I’m unironically really really hopefull!

Problem with a lot of stuff like this is… They’re heavily institutionalized.  Police generally have free access to peoples’ homes, and a lot of rights are sacrificed.  Government employees can come in and investigate peoples’ homes any time they want.  It *seems* like a nice thing, of course, but the more you investigate these - ESPECIALLY in Red states - the more you realize that, well, no, they aren’t *just* homes for the homeless.  They’re a form of social control.

This is not meant as an argument, but do you have any way to confirm this to be the case with specific locations? Do you have sites or resources we can use or just a general sense of 'dont get too excited about a seemingly good thing because this has happened before?’

Because honestly it seems like they can be a hell of a lot more openly cruel when they are homeless in the streets. Not saying that this isn’t the case, I’m not saying it’s right, and I am genuine in my desire to make sure we can research and keep parties accountable, but I am also tired of every hopeful thing be countered with despair porn.

The Rise of Tiny House Villages in the Fight Against Homelessness

Unfortunately they don’t actually resolve homelessness, they’re more akin to shelters than homes - in which case, yeah, there would be a complete lack of privacy (the “24 hr on site staff” part is a red flag)

The closing point of the article actually pretty much EXACTLY summarizes my feelings on this whole matter.

Hersh said she hopes that the city learns something from both programs about what services are most beneficial to people experiencing homelessness, knowing that the only true solution is permanent housing for everyone.

But, for some, tiny houses are an improvement over congregate shelters, she said, and that’s enough reason to feel upbeat about the planned facilities in Philadelphia.

“Sometimes you make the best choice you can possibly make with the information and resources you have because it’s better than the other choice, even though it may still be suboptimal and you don’t know where it’s going to lead,” Hersh said.

“I just believe you have to take risks, and you can’t sit around and criticize everything,” she added. “To me the moral imperative of ending homelessness overrides that.”

No, it’s notperfect. But it’s a step in the right direction. Just because something is not the MOST OPTIMIZED solution doesn’t mean we shouldn’t still strive to work for ‘getting better.’ I feel like a lot of people justify not caring about things like this because ‘there’s still problems with it.’ Yeah. Of course there are. But it’s betterthan what Indy HAS been doing. And that’s what’s important.