Paul Mason, the Program Manager for Campbell
River Housing Resource Centre in British Columbia is the man behind
the idea to build temporary shelters out of shipping containers for the
homeless in the area.
The converted shipping containers will provide safer and
more dignified housing for the homeless by replacing the cardboard boxes,
tents, and dirty blankets the homeless sleep in. Hundreds of thousands ISO
shipping containers lie disused in
and
into eco-friendly, low cost and safe housing for the homeless and others in
need is only logical.
Mason is working on a project to provide up to 16 homeless
people a safe place to stay inside a single 40-foot shipping container. The
container rooms are heated, lit and provide hot water, while they also come
equipped with smoke detectors and bathrooms that are accessible to the
handicapped. The shipping container is subdivided into eight rooms for the
homeless with two beds per room. There is also an office for two trained staff
members so someone could be on site to admit and care for the homeless seeking
shelter.
