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Old city buses to be reborn as homeless shelters in HawaiiHonolulu has come under fire in the past year for inadequately addressing homelessness on the island of Oahu; with police officers citing the homeless for a variety of pedestrian violations, and at least one proposal from the city council that sought to relocate the homeless to a remote island away from tourists. But the City's Executive Director of Housing, Jun Yang, had a different idea—to retrofit retired city buses as transitional housing for the homeless. Architecture firm Group 70 International picked up the design challenge, and hopes to have at least three volunteer-built LIFT bus facilities on the road this summer....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/old-city-buses-to-be-reborn-as-homeless-shelters-in-hawaii/'>READ ARTICLE</a>1
Old city buses to be reborn as homeless shelters in HawaiiHonolulu has come under fire in the past year for inadequately addressing homelessness on the island of Oahu; with police officers citing the homeless for a variety of pedestrian violations, and at least one proposal from the city council that sought to relocate the homeless to a remote island away from tourists. But the City's Executive Director of Housing, Jun Yang, had a different idea—to retrofit retired city buses as transitional housing for the homeless. Architecture firm Group 70 International picked up the design challenge, and hopes to have at least three volunteer-built LIFT bus facilities on the road this summer....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/old-city-buses-to-be-reborn-as-homeless-shelters-in-hawaii/'>READ ARTICLE</a>2
Old city buses to be reborn as homeless shelters in HawaiiHonolulu has come under fire in the past year for inadequately addressing homelessness on the island of Oahu; with police officers citing the homeless for a variety of pedestrian violations, and at least one proposal from the city council that sought to relocate the homeless to a remote island away from tourists. But the City's Executive Director of Housing, Jun Yang, had a different idea—to retrofit retired city buses as transitional housing for the homeless. Architecture firm Group 70 International picked up the design challenge, and hopes to have at least three volunteer-built LIFT bus facilities on the road this summer....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/old-city-buses-to-be-reborn-as-homeless-shelters-in-hawaii/'>READ ARTICLE</a>3
