{"id":972,"date":"2023-10-31T19:21:21","date_gmt":"2023-10-31T19:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.movewith.site\/binford\/?p=972"},"modified":"2023-10-31T19:21:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-31T19:21:26","slug":"ij-dick-spotswood-marins-housing-first-model-needs-an-element-of-housing-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.movewith.site\/binford\/ij-dick-spotswood-marins-housing-first-model-needs-an-element-of-housing-now\/","title":{"rendered":"IJ: Dick Spotswood: Marin\u2019s \u2018Housing First\u2019 model needs an element of \u2018housing now\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-marin-independent-journal wp-block-embed-marin-independent-journal\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"P0YCxOBXNj\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinij.com\/2023\/10\/31\/dick-spotswood-marins-housing-first-model-needs-an-element-of-housing-now\/\">Dick Spotswood: Marin&#8217;s &#8216;Housing First&#8217; model needs an element of &#8216;housing now&#8217;<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Dick Spotswood: Marin&#8217;s &#8216;Housing First&#8217; model needs an element of &#8216;housing now&#8217;&#8221; &#8212; Marin Independent Journal\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marinij.com\/2023\/10\/31\/dick-spotswood-marins-housing-first-model-needs-an-element-of-housing-now\/embed\/#?secret=QroTwI0T6z#?secret=P0YCxOBXNj\" data-secret=\"P0YCxOBXNj\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinij.com\/author\/dick-spotswood\/\">DICK SPOTSWOOD<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:spotswood@comcast.net\">spotswood@comcast.net<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 31, 2023 at 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a departure from the \u2018Housing First\u2019 model, steps are underway to provide emergency housing for farmworkers in Bolinas. An imaginative approach and speedy action on the part of the nonprofit Bolinas Community Land Trust resulted in a first-rate temporary solution that is already up and running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Housing First is a concept designed to move those who are unhoused or poorly housed to permanent supportive housing. It\u2019s primarily designed for the homeless population suffering from the double diagnosis of psychiatric illness and substance abuse. That\u2019s where the \u201csupportive\u201d component comes in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Supportive housing is the ultimate and proper goal for homeless people dealing with mental health issues and\/or addiction. It\u2019s expensive, costing close to $1 million per unit. Building supportive housing is slow, as is any housing in California. That reality leaves most of Housing First\u2019s targeted beneficiaries living in squalor on the streets or on fire-prone hillside camps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not all unhoused and poorly housed people require the full wraparound services associated with permanent supportive housing. Some simply have very low or no income. For multiple reasons, including bad life decisions or illnesses, they lack sufficient cash to rent a home in one of America\u2019s most expensive regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the most part, the people living in old trailers and recreational vehicles along Novato\u2019s Binford Road fit into this category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Bolinas, the intended residents are hardworking Latino farmworkers and their families. For decades, they\u2019ve lived in rudimentary cabins on the Tacherra Ranch on the Bolinas Mesa without proper water, sewage or electrical connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bolinas Community Land Trust saw the need. Wasting no time, it devised and implemented a solution. It\u2019s a model for how to expedite the process and provide temporary housing for those in need. Their idea is to lease and place 27 recreational vehicle trailers on a 20-acre parcel located at 130 Mesa Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concept honors the sign at Bolinas\u2019 outskirts: \u201cEntering a socially accomplished nature-loving town.\u201d Coincidentally, it\u2019s adjacent to another sign declaring, \u201cHometowns need homes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last weekend, I drove out to the Bolinas Mesa. To my amazement, the RVs are all in place. Each has a water and electricity connection. A mound septic system is planned. Frequent trash pickups leave the site pristine with none of the debris that makes Binford Road an eyesore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the interminable delays that government projects often experience, it is startling to see a nonprofit essentially complete a project of this magnitude in a matter of months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The estimated $2.59 million needed to fund the temporary housing comes from the Marin Community Foundation, $622,000 from the County of Marin and the balance from private donations. More contributions are sought. This temporary solution is a quarter the cost of permanent housing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By&nbsp;DICK SPOTSWOOD&nbsp;|&nbsp;spotswood@comcast.net October 31, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. In a departure from the \u2018Housing First\u2019 model, steps are underway to provide emergency housing for farmworkers in Bolinas. An imaginative approach and speedy action on the part of the nonprofit Bolinas Community Land Trust resulted in a first-rate temporary solution that is already up and running. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.movewith.site\/binford\/ij-dick-spotswood-marins-housing-first-model-needs-an-element-of-housing-now\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;IJ: Dick Spotswood: Marin\u2019s \u2018Housing First\u2019 model needs an element of \u2018housing now\u2019&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-published"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.movewith.site\/binford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.movewith.site\/binford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.movewith.site\/binford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.movewith.site\/binford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.movewith.site\/binford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.movewith.site\/binford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":973,"href":"https:\/\/www.movewith.site\/binford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/972\/revisions\/973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.movewith.site\/binford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.movewith.site\/binford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.movewith.site\/binford\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}