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Tech millionaire builds 99-unit tiny house neighborhood for homeless Canadians - rent is kept at 30% of income, the large majority of residents pay a maximum of $200 — including all utilities (www.goodgoodgood.co)
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[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 4 points 6 months ago

Are these houses good shelters for tornados?

They don't look like they would be. That alone kills the tiny house for a huge chunk of the US :/.

[-] cmg@infosec.pub 23 points 6 months ago

You can have community tornado shelters.

[-] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I know they do that in trailer parks, but you still have to make it to the shelter. And there are a lot of people who would prefer to gamble than do that. Trailers at least have heft to them, and multiple walls to catch flying debris. You can duck into a bathroom for instance if things get real bad real quick.

Edit: but I clearly haven't thought this out as the people would otherwise be homeless and have 0 shelter

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 11 points 6 months ago

It’s in Canada.

[-] Canadian_anarchist@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Alberta and Saskatchewan do have some tornado risks, but it's not nearly as bad as central US.

[-] Delphia@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago

If you build one big shelter for the neighbourhood its probably way more cost effective than per house.

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