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Mad Housers
Mad Housers, Inc. is a non-profit corporation based in Atlanta, Georgia and engaged in charitable work, research and education. The Mad Housers are perhaps best known for a hands-on, pragmatic approach to providing shelter to homeless people, in particular through the design, construction and provision of small (6'x8'x10') (frame-and-plywood huts ). These shelters, though not meant as permanent housing, provide "privacy, security, protection from the elements, and stability," all of which the organization believes are vital to helping people escape homelessness. Unlike the "sweat equity" required by which some housing programs such as Habitat for Humanity (where inhabitants are required to take part in the construction of their future dwelling), Mad Houser shelters are provided free of any charge or obligation to their inhabitants. The name “Mad Housers” came from the Mad Bomber in New York. The idea was that he struck in secret, just as they came in secret to erect huts for the homeless.〔Personal Interview: Bailey Pope and Brian Finkle 2007-11-20〕
== Early history (1987–1992) ==
The Mad Housers first emerged in 1987, founded by graduate students, Michael Connor and Brian Finkel, of Georgia Tech's College of Architecture〔() Mad Housers Hut. Design for the Other 90%. Retrieved on 2007-08-03.〕 to address the problem of homelessness in Atlanta. Their first projects were based on their vision of improving upon other types of marginal housing being erected for the homeless. Even in the early years, the group grew, changed and progressed in physical hut design, group organization and their methods of operation.
Based on their research and plans, Connor, Finkel and three other architecture students built the first hut.〔Anderson, Kristine F. "`Mad Housers' Deliver Shelter for the Homeless :(County Edition ). " Los Angeles Times (pre-1997 Fulltext) (Angeles, Calif. ) 20 Jul 1989,8. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2007-09-20.〕 It was a small 6’ by 8’ by 6’ plywood box “outfitted with a bed and shelves for (client’s ) belongings”.〔"Raising the Roof to Aid the Homeless." Atlanta Journal Constitution. 15 March 1988: A,16. Retrieved 2007-09-20.〕 However, it was dry and kept “out the wind and the rain.〔 This first experiment at housing the homeless was different than their later attempts: they built the house at a particular location and left it there to see what would happen. After two days, someone had claimed the house, moved it to a more concealed location and “reassembled () more practically than the prototype”.〔 The group no longer builds haphazardly like this though. They “select clients beforehand, making sure they actually want huts and usually getting them to assist in construction”.〔"A Holiday for Heroes." Newsweek. 4 July 1988: 34. Retrieved 2007-09-20.〕 They also try to choose their build sites based on where the homeless already live.〔 In the philosophical terminology of Martin Heidegger, dwelling precedes building. The group also became much more efficient in just their first year. They were able to erect a hut in just 20 minutes and began to use salvaged materials to build the huts “cutting the cost from 'the $200 () spent on the first hut to $25 to $40 each'”.〔
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