Austin village expands with 1,400 new homes for homeless culturemap.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from culturemap.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Austin nonprofit organization Mobile Loaves & Fishes will break ground in summer 2022 on two new phases of its Community First Village that are expected to nearly quadruple the number of homes in this neighborhood designed to house people who have been chronically homeless.
The next two phases will add 1,400 homes to the more than 500 homes in the first two phases.
The third phase will be built on 51 acres of land across the street from the original 51 acres on Hog Eye Road in East Austin. The fourth phase will add 76 acres on a new area of land off Burleson Road between U.S. 183 and McKinney Falls Parkway in Southeast Austin and is on a bus route.
Banks Provide $750K Subsidy to Build 76 Homes for Homeless Individuals apnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from apnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
FEATURE-3D-printed homes build hope for U.S. affordable housing Reuters 2/15/2021 3D construction market could be worth $1.5 billion by 2024 The process builds homes faster, cheaper and with less labor Structures are more resilient to natural disasters
By Carey L. Biron
WASHINGTON, Feb 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - After years of homelessness and hard living, Tim Shea has swapped the sharp corners in his life for the round, flowing design of his new 3D-printed home in Austin, Texas.
In August, Shea became the first person in the United States to move into a 3D-printed home, according to Austin-based developer ICON, in what advocates say is a milestone in efforts to boost the national supply of affordable housing.