DignityMoves CEO Elizabeth Funk says developing tiny home sites costs around $50,000 a unit.
DignityMoves CEO Elizabeth Funk sits for a portrait in the community of tiny home shelters on Gough Street in San Francisco, CA on Friday, May 24, 2024. The homes, which started as a tent community, provide transitional housing for clients on their way to permanent living situations. DignityMoves CEO Elizabeth Funk thinks that for the most part, the public agencies and nonprofits tasked with solving homelessness are going about it all wrong.
From the federal government on down, the focus — and the funding — has long centered on moving homeless people directly into permanent housing. The problem with that strategy, as Funk sees it, is there simply aren’t enough affordable homes available, and building new units takes years and can cost $1 million per door.
DignityMoves’ solution: temporary tiny home shelters, which can be erected in months for as little as $50,000 a unit. So far, the San Francisco-based nonprofit has developed five tiny home sites totaling 450 beds across California cities including San Jose and San Francisco. It has 11 more sites in the pipeline., with some residents ending up back on the street. We spoke with Funk about why she believes DignityMoves’ “interim housing” model can still be a crucial solution to combat homelessness.
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