| Summary: | Upper Blue Mountains Sunrise Rotary Club in conjunction with Link Wentworth Housing, plan on establishing a village equipped with Tiny Homes for the housing of homeless people and providing support services for the occupants to get them back on their feet whether in 3 weeks, 3 months or 3 years. |
| Challenge: | There are a large number of homeless people in the Blue Mountains who receive various sources of support such as food supply from Junction 142 and the Salvation Army and other agencies. There is limited support for accommodation. |
| Solution: | The project sponsoring Rotary Club will work with other Rotary Clubs on the Blue Mountains and Wentworth Housing to start a project to build 5 Tiny Houses for the support of the homeless and for those in need of emergency accommodation. Ongoing negotiations with Government, local Government agencies in seeking appropriate locations to locate these Tiny Homes. Initial fund raising will be for an amount of $30,000 for the provision of 5 homes. The next stage of the project will commence a larger program for the raising of additional funds. Working with Governments (Local, State and Federal) and the Community to provide many more options for the support of the homeless. |
| Long term impact: | The long term impact is to provide safe accommodation to the homeless people on the Blue Mountains. |
| Sponsored by: | Rotary Club of Upper Blue Mountains Sunrise, District 9685 |
| Other Partners: | Link Wentworth Housing |