A visual array of some micro/tiny (and some mobile) homeless shelters and mobile-sleeper prototypes...
(Homeless "low-rider" shetlers)
Notice how short/squat these shelters are?- one of the reasons is to help to keep them out of sight (out of mind) for those passing by, or who live nearby. My own micro-prototype (below)- "The $100 Homeless Hut", that was in my NY Times Home and Garden-section feature, received a few comments saying "its too small, its not tall enough, etc", but the concept is intended for short-term housing, and not standing, aerobics, or indoor jump-roping, as some failed to understand. I see the offering of these structures as a holdover or short term solution- make them too luxurious, and their inhabitants will have less of a reason to try to rebuild their lives- OR, as I've seen so many times, you'll have fresh-out-of-college students abusing this set-up and system, and taking advantage of these free mini-houses to "slum-it" for fun- rather than by need or circumstance.
More to come...
-Derek "Deek" Diedricksen
