Good News About Housing

People, governments, and organizations are addressing housing insecurity, homelessness, and affordable housing

A 1915 craftsman home called Q'mmunity House in Seattle with a Pride flag waving from the front porch

Seattle home transformed into first-ever shelter for homeless LGBTQ+ veterans: 'Healing to be part of something again'

King County and Minority Veterans of America signed a 50-year contract to operate the home for LGBTQ+ veterans in need.

A 3D-printed home by Azure Printed Homes sits on a dessert hill in California

3D-printed tiny homes made from recycled plastics offer speedy transitional housing to LA wildfire victims

Azure Printed Homes says this method is 70% faster than traditional construction.

On the left: three tan colored tiny homes with green roofs surrounded by huge piles of snows. On the right: a small bedroom with a single bed, a trash can, a minifridge, and a microwave

Alaskan church saves homeless seniors from freezing, invites them to live in parking lot

As snow banks towered around their parking lot, Central Lutheran Church took in their most vulnerable neighbors.

On the left: three white men (Adam Colucci, Dan Spanovich, and Jesse Wig) smile as they stand side by side beneath a black sign that reads Bow Tie High. On the right: a two story red brick historic school building with white windows.

Three millennials bought an abandoned high school for $100K and converted it into 31-unit housing

The three friends renovated the crumbling high school building into a unique apartment complex, while keeping the school’s hallways, auditorium, and gym intact.

A foldable white tiny home called The Baby Box sits in BOXABL's warehouse

$20k foldable tiny home can be installed in just 60 minutes: 'Meeting the growing demand for housing'

BOXABL’s “Baby Box” and “Casita” models have potential to make waves in ADU construction.

A photo collage of the front of a building, three people conversing inside a library, a baby sea turtle swims in the water, fingers holding a small biosensor, and an aerial view of the River Ouse in England

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Three people from the Father Joe's Villages bike-riding group take their bikes for a spin in San Diego

'Earn-a-bike' program gives San Diego's homeless their own ride after 100 miles

Participants have logged thousands of miles in the program's decade-long history.

On the left, a table of three men at a table playing a paper based board game. On the right: a man smiles across from a woman as he reaches to pull a card from a board game.

Nonprofit uses board game, RPG simulator to help people better understand homelessness

Housing Hustle and the Homeless Experience Simulation use gameplay and real-life personas to put players in the shoes of their unhoused neighbors.

A row of tiny houses painted in bright colors

High school students build tiny houses for homeless neighbors in construction class

Students at Sedro-Woolley High School are part of the solution when it comes to housing Seattle’s most vulnerable.

A green art sculpture depicting a blanket, backpack, and homeless person leaning up against a wall on a city street.

New study reveals unifying theme behind homelessness — and it's not drug use

Although addiction and mental health disorders are shared struggles for many people experiencing homelessness, there is another trait that unifies unhoused people.

House W, a tiny home covered in solar panels and timber, sits on a snowy plateau in Japan

This net-zero tiny home generates almost double the energy it needs — here's how

House W utilizes a ‘solar skin’ of 56 panels to generate all the off-grid energy it needs — and more.

A woman stands in the entrance of a tiny home made from a decommissioned wind turbine nacelle at Dutch Design Week

Decommissioned wind turbine redesigned as eco-friendly tiny home, scalable to build '2,000 houses a year'

Designers estimate that thousands of wind turbines worldwide will be decommissioned in the coming years, offering a “gold mine” of new resources.