Housing First: Revolutionizing Services for Homeless People in Italy

Anna Zenarolla, Caterina Cortese, Essay, expanding design practices, No Density, Paolo Molinari, Politics and economics, Teresa Consoli

Empowering society, Essay, Homeless, Housing, Housing market, Human Resources, Human rights, Inclusivity, Integration, Italy, Local Awareness, Multidisciplinary, Network society, NGO, Participation, Political & Economic Approach, Political implications, Research, Social housing, Social Inclusion, Social strategies

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Photographs originally published in the book “Housing First” © fio.PSD.

An innovative indoor sleeping pod for homeless people has been designed by architects Reed Watts. Launching at the 999 Club’s night shelter in Deptford (London), the 10 pods deliver private and secure temporary accommodation that can be assembled by hand and is available to everyone under the Creative Commons license.