Posted on 08/29/2021 10:53:56 AM PDT by doug from upland
International firm KTGY architecture + planning proposes re-habit, a plan to convert vacant, big box stores into smaller retail spaces and units to provide housing, employment, and support for homeless individuals. developed by the firm’s research + development studio, the project brings together two ongoing issues in the US, the homelessness crisis and the record number of closing big box stores, such as macy’s JC penney, and sears, repurposing those into self-supporting, mixed-use transitional housing.
According to the US department of housing and urban development, the country’s homeless population has increased significantly between 2016 and 2017, counting 553,742 homeless individuals. tapping onto the ongoing trend of repurposing vacant big box stores, KTGY‘s research + development studio is proposing an alternative that addresses the homeless crisis while at the same time providing a creative solution for underutilized retail spaces.
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Most homeless won’t go to shelters because of rules. Won’t there be rules at these money vacuums? What changes other than the taxpayer is fleeced again?
S#!t Mart
Beat me to it LOL!
Since they insist on building shelters for the homeless I would suggest that they build them more in a dormitory or barracks style with shared bathrooms and kitchens. College students live in dorms and military guys live in barracks. People used to live in bunkhouses.
Americans are spoiled to the idea that every low-income person needs a whole complete living space. There used to be rooming houses. In Seattle the Fremont Hotel used to be a sort of flophouse for seamen and transient workers.
Too much expense goes into building out plumbing when some of the working poor just need a place to sleep, to shower and warm up food. We have homeless workers in the Seattle area who can not afford pricey apartments and condos but could get off the street in very modest accommodations.
I would imagine the first hurdle is getting the properties rezoned as residential!
Bums “r” Us!
Spreading the vises of socialism to a community near you. Cronyism is a mark of fascism
[[they’ll still be living in a box...]]
More like a litter box
Theyre going to work ???
Yeah Id like to see that...
“smaller retail spaces”
No one in their right mind will rent space from them.
It probably beats living on the street, but windows are probably highly desired.
An empty big box store in my town is being converted into indoor storage areas. Fortunately! A much better reuse as the days of big discount stores are mostly behind us. Amazon won.
Color me a skeptical but I believe this was their plan from the start....long before the rollout of this pandemic even.
Cause an orchestrated crisis to place business ownerships in foreclosure then the government seizes possession and redistributed ownership. Part of the agenda of redistribution of wealth, or as the Kenyan stated, “the transformation of America” otherwise known as coward and Piven strategy.
They used these vacant buildings prior to the rollout of this agenda for training exercises known as jade helm.
It’s a Utopia for Grifters.
Will they keep the 57 genders separated?
The secret is they are setting these up in High End communities.
We already have one here in Scottsdale and soon after, there was tagging, vandalism and break-in of homes here.
The first evidence of this showed up with last Sept-Oct of vandalism of GOP election signs.
Of course the Scottsdale City Council who set it up does nothing.
The Democrats want to put all of the homeless illegal aliens and “refugees” in the suburbs. This would be a cheap way to do it, and these non-citizens will vote and negate citizens’ votes. It will bring the joys of gang warfare to the suburbs. Cultural enrichment awaits.
Can’t wait to go shopping in one of these new centers with homeless hanging around all over (b/c they LIVE there).
I’m sure “mixed-use” is a great idea and lots of people and businesses will line up to move into these great areas of opportunity.
The people who are designing, funding - and approving of this should be made to move in first. You can be sure none of then or their loved ones will live within miles of these “living spaces.”
I’m sure those homeless will be so grateful they’ll follow all the rules such as curfews, no drug use, no smoking, taking showers, looking for jobs, etc.
What’s not to love about this wonderful idea?
Neighborhoods should love it.
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“Sleeping areas need more than one exit, I bet that isn’t being strictly enforced.”
I was in a former warehouse in the middle of St. Pete which the city had designated an “art” area. The city encouraged “artists” to move in for free and set up shop. The huge area was divided into hundreds of tiny “art shops” divided from one another by sheets and blankets. It was a rabbit warren with an unbelievable number of ganged-together extension cords running hot plates and bare electric bulbs. I was appalled by the safety hazards. You could easily get lost as there were few straight corridors and the exits were not visible. It was obvious that several artists were living in their cubbies.
I can’t recall if it was that one or a similar one where a fire killed people. A lawsuit resulted but it’s been too long ago for me to remember the results. The thing is, the type of people who will inhabit the structure are not the type who are overly concerned with safety. You can expect a similar rabbit warren and ganged extension cords as however the power is distributed in the building now, that is not how it will be used by the new occupants.
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