Homekey Mountain View is a non-congregate shelter for individuals, couples, and families with children experiencing homelessness. Responding to the pandemic and looking for innovative solutions to provide additional non-congregate shelter, LifeMoves pulled together a team of development experts to design a strategy to identify underutilized land and rapidly build housing with prefabricated, modular structures.
This model provides a cost-effective solution at $130,000/door for new, code-compliant construction ($170k/door including land), and space dedicated to supportive services, whereas motel conversion costs range between $250,000-$350,000/door and traditional housing construction can top $750,000 and reach over $1,000,000 for an affordable unit in Silicon Valley.