I don't mind the tiny house concept, it beats living under bridges or exposed to the elements.   But the potential for similar communities to share resources and provide a higher levels of services is still out there.    Those without money still need to eat, to get job training, to send children to school, to have medical help for both physical and mental disabilities.

It's a wonderful goal to provide a centralized location for the homeless. Shelter is the most basic need on which to build a life.   I applaud the use of tiny homes.   

But we need to be sure this isn't a release of our communal guilt.   Shelter alone is not enough, it doesn't address the causes of poverty, mental health breakdown, violence, crime and other negative behaviors.  It a first bite out of larger problem.

I'm proud of Eugene for our accepting that the poor will always be with us.  It's an opportunity for all of us to examine how we react to the suffering of others and what that means to our own spirit.