More colleges are looking at emergency housing solutions, including have students sleeping in alumni’s homes, napping pods, Airbnbs and even an assisted living facility.
At least it’s something. I had multiple friends in college 15 years ago that were homeless and lived out of their cars. They went to classes every day, did tutoring, hung out with other people in the student centers, and whatnot like everyone else. Pretty sure it’s common for all colleges. People just don’t talk about it so a lot of people have no idea.
Honestly, a Japanese-style capsule hotel and net cafe would probably do very well in a university environment.
Granted, that’s still charging people for homelessness, which doesn’t help any of the underlying problems. It’s just slightly less dystopian since it’s cheap.
I mean it would be very space efficient to build such a space on some of where the parking lot is. A smallish parking space is 8’x16’ so take 3 spaces, assuming each pod needs an exterior space of 4x8, stacked 2 high you can easily fit at least 32 pods in just 3 parking spaces with enough space leftover for hallway and a communal kitchen or something. They already have a public bathroom and shower facility so they’d only need the sleeping space and some communal recreation space that they can keep open 24/7 for their students staying in the pods
Even pod apartments would be better than this…
At least it’s something. I had multiple friends in college 15 years ago that were homeless and lived out of their cars. They went to classes every day, did tutoring, hung out with other people in the student centers, and whatnot like everyone else. Pretty sure it’s common for all colleges. People just don’t talk about it so a lot of people have no idea.
Honestly, a Japanese-style capsule hotel and net cafe would probably do very well in a university environment.
Granted, that’s still charging people for homelessness, which doesn’t help any of the underlying problems. It’s just slightly less dystopian since it’s cheap.
I mean it would be very space efficient to build such a space on some of where the parking lot is. A smallish parking space is 8’x16’ so take 3 spaces, assuming each pod needs an exterior space of 4x8, stacked 2 high you can easily fit at least 32 pods in just 3 parking spaces with enough space leftover for hallway and a communal kitchen or something. They already have a public bathroom and shower facility so they’d only need the sleeping space and some communal recreation space that they can keep open 24/7 for their students staying in the pods
Affordable shelter would go a long way towards reducing homelessness.
whoa there einstien, jam your big fat brain back down on this dollar shaped toast
*not a dig at you, btw. It’s the obvious answer, I just hate the world right now