Exploring Tiny Homes as an Affordable Housing Strategy to Ameliorate Homelessness

A Case Study of the Dwellings in Tallahassee, FL

Datos Bibliográficos

ID15469643
AutoresApril Jackson (0000-0002-7530-6421, Florida State University, autor de correspondencia), Bridget Callea (Florida State University), Nicholas Stampar (0000-0003-1578-9756, Florida State University), Abigail Sanders (Florida State University), Alberto De Los Rios (Florida State University), Jake Pierce (Florida State University)
Año2020
Volumen17
Número2
Páginas661-661
Fecha de publicación2020-01-20
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1661-7827 • E-ISSN: 1660-4601
EditorialMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/ijerph17020661
PMID31968544
OpenAlexW2998840191
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas37

An emerging strategy to combat homelessness is the development of "tiny homes". However, the advent of tiny homes as a new form of housing intervention raises a number of questions about their intentions, efficacy, and policy feasibility. This paper seeks to understand the strategies used by stakeholders to plan, design, and implement a tiny home community to meet the needs of those experiencing homelessness, and to understand where these plans were effective and where challenges arose in meeting the intended project goals. Utilizing the recent development of Tallahassee's "The Dwellings" project as a case study, we examine how the community was planned, resident experiences, and constraints to implementing a tiny home development. We use qualitative methods that include interviews with stakeholders who were integral to the planning and development process. Our findings highlight how funding constraints and NIMBYism (Not in My Backyard-ism) stymied stakeholder efforts to achieve equity and affordability at The Dwellings, resulting in the inability to achieve project aims of developing housing that serves the homeless population. We conclude by offering some observations and lessons learned for future research on tiny homes as a solution to ameliorate homelessness

Affordable housing · Business · Community development · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Environmental planning · Equity (law · Geography · Intervention (counseling · Plan (archaeology · Political science · Population · Public relations · Stakeholder · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Medicine · Nursing · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies