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The idea is to open a buisness that doubles as a homeless shelter. The labor will be provided by the inhabits exclusivly and wages will be garnished for operating cost. The target group would be males 18-45 in working shape. Products being made could be furniture or green flooring. Also buisness could be a home remodleing firm or a cable running buisness. The idea would be to teach the guys working for us a valuable trade while giving them a place to stay till they get on their feet. It would have to be a trade someone would enjoy working with to discourage turnaround rate. After buisness is making enough profit it could be used to help people who couldn't work. This type of shelter could greatly reduce the burden on local and state taxes. The shelter would be non-profit and all wages would be based on salary.
kwaterland, Aug 04 2008
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I really like the sound of this idea--people working, no-longer homeless. I think your suggestions of what business this might be are probably irrelevent. But I don't know how you'll kick them out once they're 'on their feet.'
Unfortunatley, it brings to mind an experiment that I believe it was Henry Ford did early on (but I can't find it on the net, so maybe it was someone else). He wanted his employees to have a nice little house with a nice picket fence, so he built neighborhoods for his employees. But when someone's house is at stake when they get fired, it makes for a diffucult situation. How do you fire someone and make their family homeless in the same stroke?
Still, I think this idea has merit for single-people that are willing to live in a communal-dorm-type setting. But it wouldn't be much fun.