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Title: Implementing Tiny Homes as Permanent Supportive Housing Early Lessons from Housing First Village in Bozeman, Montana
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Publication Year: 2020
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Abstract: Across the US, tiny-home communities are being piloted to house people experiencing homelessness. One new community is taking shape in Bozeman, Montana: Housing First Village (HFV). HFV partners seek to draw upon best practices to create permanent supportive housing (PSH) for people experiencing chronic homelessness through a trauma-informed tiny-home community with service supports. This report covers progress during the first year of HFV implementation, sharing lessons, reflecting on challenges, analyzing progress, and recommending areas where HFV implementation could more closely align with PSH and tiny-home models: Permanent supportive housing best practices include targeting improved outcomes for people experiencing chronic homelessness or at risk of homelessness, engaging housing and health partners in regular communication and collaboration, thoughtfully siting the housing within the larger community close to services and amenities, designing the housing to reduce trauma, securing financing for housing and services, and aligning services with resident needs. Tiny homes are 400 square feet or smaller, can be on wheels or a permanent foundation, and should be built to local building standards. Although the tiny-home movement appears to be led by young, white tiny-home owners, owners are more diverse, and new communities for people experiencing homelessness are cropping up across the US to provide permanent and transitional housing and services. The efficacy of this model of housing and services for people experiencing homelessness has not been extensively evaluated.
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Authors: Corianne, Payton Scally; Gold, Amanda; Salerno, Wilton Oliver Clare
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Topics: Housing and Segregation
Countries: United States