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Blaze (he/him) to Good News Everyone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 4 months ago

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

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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

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Blaze (he/him) to Good News Everyone@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 4 months ago
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Tech millionaire builds 99-unit tiny house neighborhood for homeless Canadians
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Marcel LeBrun made millions as a software executive. But then, he devoted his fortune to affordable housing.
  • @PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee
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    4•4 months ago

    I would estimate their construction cost is closer to $100k CAD than $40k. Maybe somewhere in the middle. Construction costs can be very high for a tiny home, which is what these are. They are built on a trailer.

    • @IMALlama@lemmy.world
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      That’s nuts from a construction cost per square foot perspective. In the US at least, you can buy a complete single wide and have it shipped to your location for well under $50k. Building them on site, on footings, seems like it would be even cheaper. I wonder where that cost came from.

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