DignityMoves

DignityMoves partners with local municipalities to build interim supportive housing communities for people experiencing homelessness in the Bay Area and California. Our Rapid Interim Supportive Housing (RISH) program uses state-of-the-art prefabricated building systems to build communities in a matter of months, for approximately $30,000 per room. The RISH model allows us to overcome many of the hurdles faced by permanent projects. Because our buildings are portable, we can build on borrowed vacant land or parking lots. We can design to meet dramatically simplified emergency building codes that California has put in place due to the housing crisis. Our buildings have an estimated life of over 20 years – when a project ends, they are easily relocated. This portability allows communities to scale interim housing up and down as the situation requires with underutilized vacant land that might only be available for a limited time. What distinguishes DignityMoves communities from traditional group shelters is that everyone gets their own private room, with a door that locks. Our communities include restroom and shower facilities, case management offices, dining rooms, computer labs, clinics, and community spaces. In every case we partner with a local services agency who provides intensive case management, connecting residents to mental and behavioral healthcare, employment and job placement experts, and a wide range of other supportive services. Our flagship San Francisco project at 33 Gough Street welcomed its first guests in March 2022. 54 of the anticipated 70 total rooms are now enjoyed by individuals and couples, and the remaining 40 rooms will open later this spring. In less than one year, we will have four communities opened in San Francisco, Rohnert Alameda, Rohnert Park, and Santa Barbara. We hope to add 2-3 additional RISH sites in San Francisco over the next two years, and plans are underway to build many more of these temporary communities along the West Coast.