[jisaacstone]

There is this:

http://www.weirdasianews.com/2009/11/21/hong-kong-citizens-l...

Which is not a good way to live, but much much better than riding a bus.

Zoning and fire codes and whatnot means this may be illegal here. But really I think people here are more comfortable with homelessness than allowing uncomfortably affordable housing to be built.

[VladRussian2]

>Zoning

it is what "we the people" through our elected representatives use to keep unwanted (i.e. weak/ill/less fortunate ones) out. Shame.

>fire codes

this obviously a necessary and what is most important - pure technically solvable thing for minimum amount of money.

We don't have to go for extreme HK approach. A city like PA, MV, Sunnyvale could easy build on a single-family size lot a shelter that would take a busload of homeless. Considering that MV (San Antonio/El Camino) and Sunnyvale (near downtown) have just had huge redevelopment projects going so fitting a couple of 10-20 bdrm appartments somewhere on the back alley (so it wouldn't offend eyes and noses of our sensitive citizens) would be noise for the projects' cost.

[meepmorp]

>Zoning it is what "we the people" through our elected representatives use to keep unwanted (i.e. weak/ill/less fortunate ones) out. Shame.

Or it's what we the people, through our elected representatives, use to keep the strip club and petroleum refinery from opening across the street from the elementary school.

It's not black and white. Zoning laws are a way for the people in an area to have a say about how their community is developed. That's both good and bad.

[learc83]

>so it wouldn't offend eyes and noses of our sensitive citizens

If we would just provide adequate shelter, then we wouldn't have to worry about offending our noses.

[oijaf888]

Aside from quality of construction, are those that different from capsule hotels in Japan? It seems like a similar space and setup?