Contain Your Enthusiasm-Housing the Homeless Worldwide

[ExclusiveLM]

somebody should throw Ricky Gervaise, Mel Gibson, David Hasselhoff and Lindsay Lohan in one of those containers. Sincerely, Paula Abdul before medication.

[cillantro]

How about making suicide legal?

[usantfarm]

If this is a true effort, I'm for it... I've noticed the "incredible creativity" involved with reaping profits from others misfortune... I wanna believe. How about the homeless, unemployed, disenfranchised, invest a degree of sweat equity, a little pride and self esteem go a long way. Whose back yard are you going put these "container condos" in. Good luck, but the only way this would work is if some fat cat is lining his pockets.

[superduc99]

If you house the homeless, what do you call them then?

[SimulatedlPuppet]

@superduc99

People with homes......

[BadassCeino]

My hands & brain are ready to help.

[ShirleyLeeCouch]

I live in Clearwater, Florida and we have many homeless here. How may someone get involved with helping the homeless find these homes?

[jojo808]

i'v never heard or seen examples of containers being used only once . I'd like to know more about that claim.

[GroupFortyOne]

The Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics publishes a detailed statistical analysis of shipping container usage annually: "Shipping Statistics and Market Review"One has to interpolate from that data, but essentially, what happens is that, because of trade imbalances, many shipping port nodes end up with stockpiles of containers sitting for long periods of time. That's arguably the same as abandonment, but if they sit for long enough, I consider them to have made a single, one-way trip.

[jojo808]

I'm wondering what amount of time deems the container 'abandoned' legally . 3 months ago , one cold find lots of free containers on craigslist . Now they are all at a premium around 1-2 grand . People are starting to see the inherent value . We've been using these in rural Alaska for decades for living quarters.

[GroupFortyOne]

Technically "legally" they are not abandoned, since the shipping companies generally own the land they are stockpiled on. But I believe they can be put to better re-use than that. The commercial resale market has high-cubes in about the price range you mention, widely and readily available. But I'm hoping to convince some of the bigger companies to participate in this effort with reduced pricing or donation for tax deduction, in the pursuit of housing the homeless. Thx for your interest.