IKEA "Better Shelter" transitional housing project as the Esperanza Community in Texas

 https://bettershelter.org/our-history/

 

 pretty awesome!! It's protected against rot - and light weight so you can move it easily. Otherwise not much better than a tent. Best of all it is delivered in a flat pack box - IKEA style! 

https://bettershelter.org/resources/

How to guides and insulation coverage - but no place to order or purchase it? Strange.

So they work with nonprofit foundations only I guess.  Partner: Glimmer of Hope is the only U.S. location I can find - the rest are "third world" locations.

In the aim to improve the living conditions of the encampment by upgrading from the currently used tents, Glimmer | Austin partnered with The Other Ones Foundation and the residents of Esperanza Community to build Better Shelter Relief Housing Units (RHUs) as a source of shelter.

The long term vision is to replace all tents on-site with 200 mini homes and temporary shelters. https://toofound.org/

 https://toofound.org/esperanza-community/

 So looks like IKEA is just using Coroplast® and Cor-X as wall panels.

A 4 x 8 sheet is $35! Not cheap.

If you buy a ten pack they're still $30 each. 

 Wow a Porta-Potty is legally a structure and not a shelter!! 

PORTABLE TOILET: A freestanding, movable toilet structure equipped with a watertight impervious container which receives waste discharged

OK they are polyurethane wall panels - NOT polypropylene! 

Better Shelters delivered to Austin Texas

 Fiberglass panels 2 feet x 8 feet are $25

That's a much better price.

 4' x 8' for $25 - even better!

PLAS-TEX® Polywall™ 4' x 8' Matte White Plastic Interior Wall Panel

Interior Wall Panel!