Portable Homeless Home

Cool — By on October 1, 2011 11:40 am

Portable Homeless Mobile Home

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Portable Homeless Shelter Facts

  • The mobile homeless Home weighs about 235lbs.
  • The roof acts as a rain catcher, collecting water for personal use.
  • Designed by paul elkins, who also develops small scale vehicles.
  • He previously designed the burning man bicycle camper
  • The shelter includes a sleeping / resting area, a kitchen and makeshift washroom.

Small Kitchen Area

simple storage solutions

a cooler is built into the kitchen counter, made from a two gallon water dispenser

toilet seat storage and bucket. the mid section of the floor is movable which allows for ample room for use of the bucket.

via Design Boom

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11 Comments

  1. WTF says:
    October 6, 2011 at 6:44 pm

    what homless person could afford this??

  2. Steven P. says:
    October 7, 2011 at 12:54 am

    they already did that about 30 years ago.

    http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_N4KFM5tgk9Y/TKFo1vtQEqI/AAAAAAAAABI/8kQ9nDTOaag/S490/homeless+cart.jpg

    • Zack says:
      October 7, 2011 at 10:26 am

      @Steven P. that thing looks tiny in comparison! I assume it folds out somehow, otherwise you’d have to curl up in a fetal position to fit inside.

  3. anoymous says:
    October 7, 2011 at 3:03 am

    if your homeless can you even afford this i mean great idea but how can you buy it if you have no money

  4. Am I feeding trolls? says:
    October 7, 2011 at 10:13 am

    If the homeless can’t afford it, some organization or a group or an individual will simply buy it for them…

  5. joshua says:
    October 7, 2011 at 8:10 pm

    Your walking down the street and you hear loud muffled music and many people talking, around the corner you see this thing, amazed that that much noise is coming from this box on wheels you peek into the window and before your eyes there is 12 homeless people having a party, disco ball and all…..then you suddenly wake up in your cardboard box and realize it was all just a dream…..damn dreams.

  6. Samson says:
    October 9, 2011 at 11:44 am

    Love this, very cool idea.

    One thought is to buy/make this while you still have the funds to do so, just in case you do become homeless one day. You’ll have this as a backup.

  7. Anoymous says:
    October 13, 2011 at 6:31 am

    If you own this, aren’t you technically no longer homeless? I mean, isn’t that thing your home? Sure its not your house, but its your home.