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| Title Statement | A solution to homelessness in your town: Valley View Senior Housing, Napa County, California / Charles Durrett with Jinglin Yang. |
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| Author | Durrett, Charles, 1955- |
| Additional Contributors | Yang, Jinglin,1981- |
| Publication | Novato, CA: ORO Editions,[2022]©2022 |
| Edition | First edition. |
| Extent of Item | 105 pages |
| ISBN | 9781935935452 (trade paperback) |
| Other Number | pr07222544 |
| Contents | Part 1. Introduction --Part 2. The location --Part 3. The site. Hill town village inspiration ;Homeless and seniors ;The new birth ;Abandoned retaining walls ;Client-approved design ;Why a village? ;Common house, common facilities ;Clubhouse interior ;Exterior spaces ;The grand opening ;The look : a vernacular style ;Floor plans ;Affordability ;Services ;Site planning ;Creativity --Part 4. Funding. Accessibility ;Safety and security ;Fire suppression systems in fire prone areas ;Sustainable materials ;Sustainable construction ;Renewable energy --In conclusion --Acknowlegments --Appendix: A. Affordable villages elsewhere --B. Picturing the homeless in California --C. The FEMA emergency criteria --D. Sample resident agreement --E. Benefits of an Opportunity Village in Eugene, Oregon, and to any Americans experiencing people without a roof in their town --F. Faces of change : formally homeless. |
| Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary | Homelessness is one of the monsters that haunts our society. Thousands of people are trying to address the challenge but fail to come up with a solution. Valley View Senior Housing, built in 2019 in Napa County, CA, is a very affordable community of 70 cottages. This ground-breaking homeless project was organized by American Canyon's city government, for older homeless people and homeless veterans of the area. This solution-oriented book shares the inspiring story of a compassionate and humane project. Imagine if every city could do one community like this and we can begin to make headway to solve the homeless problem. Every city can do this! And from this we can grow to do even more. |
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| By Topic | Architecture, Modern--Case studies--21st century |
| Architecture--California--Napa County | |
