Tiny homes

for homeless
By: Nick Zammuto
What is the organization?
● Student-run at UofSC advocating for the homeless population
○ different than other orgs because we would partner with the city to
make tiny homes for homeless individuals, families, and population
● Provide services for affected populations with a social worker: Daprile, Lucas. “Tired
of Competing for ‘USC,’
○ Find long-term housing & employment South Carolina Pushes
○ Safety and privacy a New Abbreviation.”
The State, 10 Jan.
○ Health services
2019,
○ Substance abuse & Detox www.thestate.com/new
● work with the city to find places for tiny home communities to s/local/education/article
224224035.html.
exist
Educating the Public
● Statistics about our area:
○ 22.5% of Columbia residents had income below the poverty level in 2019,was
38.5% greater than the poverty level of 13.8% across the entire state of South
Carolina” cd
○ Renting rate of people below poverty level: 83.3% cd
○ “1,600 homeless students in our county from 2014-2015” ( About Landing Page)
○ “69,000 families live below the poverty line in our county homeless no more”
(About Landing Page)
○ “82% of homeless families who receive assistance, only need it once homeless
no more” (About Landing Page)
● Helping individuals just once via services with the city and tiny
homes can help them get out of homelessness and poverty

“Family Homelessness in Richland County.” The Scope and Scale from 2004 to 2015, Homeless No More,
static1.squarespace.com/static/5be067f5297114ad2903d5cd/t/5be0b09f4ae23771b9c71b2e/1541451935792/HNM_Research_ExecSummry.pdf. -- source for image
Educating continued...
● Substance abuse and mental health is a large factor
○ “(NASADAD) estimated that in 2005, over 19.3 million people needed, but did not receive, addiction
treatment services” (Substance Abuse and Homelessness)
○ “38% of homeless people were dependent on alcohol and 26% abused other drugs” ( Substance Abuse
and Homelessness)
● those who have substance abuse and mental health issues = major part of population
● like transitional housing would have rules:
○ passing drug tests
○ working with their social worker
○ attending meetings for health, their housing, and check-ups
● For those, are not able to meet these, the city social workers would take over care for the
individual not in the tiny home community
Conclusions & Discussion
● This organization can greatly impact our
community through effective actions of
building tiny homes, but in reality it can not
help everyone.

● Hopefully it can bring together the homeless

population and social workers in a safe and
secure environment that can promote growth
and future sustainability for this population

MIT Alumni Association. “Tiny Homes Offer Innovative Solution to Homelessness in Seattle.” Youtube.com, 1
June 2018, www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCzBi-TLKu0&ab_channel=MITAlumniAssociation.
References:
“About Landing Page.” Homeless No More, HOMELESS NO MORE, www.homelessnomoresc.org/about.

“Columbia, South Carolina (SC) Poverty Rate Data Information about Poor and Low-Income Residents.” Columbia, South Carolina
(SC) Poverty Rate Data - Information about Poor and Low-Income Residents Living in This City, Advameg, Inc.,
www.city-data.com/poverty/poverty-Columbia-South-Carolina.html#:~:text=22.5%25%20of%20Columbia%2C%20SC
%20residents,entire%20state%20of%20South%20Carolina. -- Source for stats:

“Substance Abuse and Homelessness.” SubstanceAbuse, National Coalition for the Homeless, June 2009,
www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/addiction.pdf. - edu cont'd stats