WELCOME TO VETERANS THEATER ROUNDTABLE AT ROUNDTABLE, WE PITCH AN IDEA TO CITY OF LAS CRUCES VETERANS THEATER CO- FOUNDED A 501 (C) 3 HAS A VISION 1.Can we start PHASE I Micro- Houses on wheels rather than tents or dorms? 2.Can we move to PHASE II, A Tiny House Eco-Village instead of veterans in HUD/HA apartments? 3.Can we move to PHASE III, Micro enterprises for the formerly homeless veterans? IT IS CHEAPER TO GIVE AN APARTMENT TO HOMELESS THAN TO PAY FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES HOW IT BEGAN? NYC spent $40,500 in annual costs on every homeless person with mental problems Leaders did brainstorming, and social researcher, Sam Tsemberis came up with simple, cost-effective method of ending chronic homelessness. Give homes to the homeless ROUNDTABLE QUESTION 1: CAN ME MOVE FROM DEPENDENCY TO INDEPENDENCE? With an estimated 500,000 veterans homeless at some time during the year, Veterans Administration reaches 20% of those in need, leaving 400,000 veterans without supportive services. Veterans VA payments does not meet COST OF HOUSING in Las Cruces THEREFORE MAKE HOMES TINY and AFFORDABLE UTAH TO END HOMELESSNESS How did Utah accomplish this? Simple. Utah solved homelessness by giving people homes. In 2005, Utah figured out that the annual cost of E.R. visits and jail stays for homeless people was about $16,670 per person, compared to $11,000 to provide each homeless person with an apartment and a social workerUtah solved homelessness by giving people homes UTAH is giving away apartments, no strings attached. Each participant works with a caseworker to become self- sufficient, but if they fail, they still get to keep their apartment. WHAT IF INSTEAD OF TENT-SHELTERS OR GIVING APARTMENTS PHASE I: We give a Micro-House on wheels to every homeless veteran? Why not one for every homeless person? Los Angeles Homeless Veteran with 3 dogs,receives a Micro- house on wheels OAKLAND, CALIFORINIA ARTIST BUILDS MICRO HOMES ON WHEELS HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=W5B3IMEA8Z8 Greg Kloehn has mad 20 houses and gives them away to homeless IMPOSSIBLE CITY: OFF-GRID MOVABLE ECO-VILLAGE FOR SEATTLE'S HOMELESS Seattle-based charity Sawhorse Revolution is both educating young people and creating accommodation for the homeless. The Impossible City is a community of housing built by local teens as they learn new skills OCCUPY MADISON BUILDS MICRO-HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS USING RECYCLED AND REPURPOSED MATERIALS OCCUPY MADISON 96 square foot micro-home built in two months for $3,000 and mounted on a trailer that can be parked on church property in Madison city. It has a bathroom, a kitchen equipped with a refrigerator and microwave, and it is heated by electricity and wood during the winter. DIGNITY ROLLERPODS FOR HOMELESS DENVER PD CRUSHES MICRO-HOMES FOR THE HOMELESS, ARRESTS BUILDERS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vibG0SJcQm8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vibG0SJcQm8 Sent in Riot Police in Riot Gear to arrest the builders of Micro-Homes BUT GIVING AWAY MICRO- HOMES IS NOT ENOUGH PHASE II: TINY HOME ECO-VILLAGE IT TAKES VILLAGE for PEOPLE to THRIVE PHASE II: ECO-VILLAGE 1.Make each Tiny Home sustainable 2.Use Eco-friendly building materials 3.Off-Grid 4.What can make an Eco-Village Sustainable? 5.Demo of how Cities can live in a Sustainable manner? 6.A pedestrian & bicycle oriented village 7.Self-governing decisions everyone can live with (VILLAGE ROUNDTABLE) 8.Transportation Covenant not to use or store motorized vehicles at Eco-Village (but has cooperative cars for ride sharing) PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL GAVE THUMBS UP TO TINY HOUSES VILLAGE Tiny Home Community for working poor making less than $21K a year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8hDYN_Herk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8hDYN_Herk DIGNITY VILLAGE PORTLAND OR BUILT BY HOMELESS FOR HOMELESS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBbpO2pugKc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBiuxO2KEL4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBiuxO2KEL4 Every resident contributes 10 volunteer hours a week to upkeep of village Its not a Tent City, its a 501 (c) 3. Started with tents. QUIXOTE VILLAGE GREW FROM THE VISION OF A SELF-GOVERNING TENT CAMP OF HOMELESS ADULTS IN OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON COMMUNITY FIRST VILLAGE, AUSTIN TX 200 HOMES FOR HOMELESS AUSTIN TEXAS COMMUNITY FIRST 27 acres, with little cottages, mobile homes dotting the landscape. A three-acre community garden, grocery store, & help services is also on-site COMMUNITY FIRST Mobile Loaves and Fishes Alan Graham, says one reason many in the nearby community are on board is because there will also be a bed and breakfast in the village and an Alamo Drafthouse outdoor movie theater. Graham adds that if 200 chronically homeless people get back on their feet, that could save Central Texas taxpayers about $10 million a year. AUG 27, 2015 INFINITY VILLAGE IS FIRST OF ITS KIND NASHVILLE trend of homeless housing solutions through micro-home villages. OPPORTUNITY VILLAGE, OREGON Andrew Heben co-founded nonprofit organization Opportunity Village, which built a community for homeless people with 30 tiny houses and communal bathroom and kitchen in Eugene, Oregon PHASE III: MICRO-ENTERPRISES POWERED BY VETERANS Micro-Enterprises, such as E-Bay Store, Machine Shop, Carpentry, Organic Farming, and so on. Micro-enterprises have one to five persons doing business What about microenterprise constructing Tiny Homes on wheels using sustainable construction practices? FOR MORE INFORMATION