Lansing Chooses to Recommend Parking Lot Over Parks for Homeless “ModPods” #lansing #michigan #homeless #pods #modpods #cedar michigannewssource.com/2026/…

Mini-crack houses. They will freeze to death or start a fire and burn to death. Lansing spends $1.4 million on tiny homes for homeless that aren’t approved for winter use! 🤣🤡 Read: bit.ly/4glrzzL Planned small houses community will be open to tenants with criminal records, drug addicts, behavioral and mental health issues. The city of Lansing is spending $640,000 on micro-housing units for homeless residents who won’t be able to use them when they need them most. In August, city officials agreed to purchase 50 ModPods modular housing units for $640,000 from a nonprofit in Kalamazoo. The nonprofit had shelved plans to use them in that community after struggling to find a location, Bridge Michigan reports. The pods, initially purchased for $1 million, are expected to cost another $750,000 a year to maintain, bringing the total cost for the first year to about $1.4 million, or $28,000 per 8-by-8-foot unit. However, city officials told the media that the pods are not authorized for winter use and will likely not be available until June 2026. “I think there’s utility in it.… It really depends on what the goal of the system is,” Nick Cook, director of public policy for the Michigan Coalition Against Homelessness, told Bridge. “In and of itself, it’s just another tool in the tool bag for communities to deal with the homeless and unhoused populations.” According to The Associated Press, the units have two beds, a little storage space, and hookups for heating, cooling, and electrical once they are operational. Lansing officials in July filed a lawsuit against two businesses with wooded properties along the Grand River where dozens of homeless created an encampment that has strained police and fire resources and ignited public health concerns. “The creation of encampments that lack basic sanitation and utility services is far too great of a threat to the public health, welfare and safety to be allowed to continue,” said Scott Bean, a spokesperson for the mayor’s office, in a statement. “It also violates city ordinances and state laws.” At the time, Kimberly Coleman, director of the Lansing Department of Human Relations and Community Services, pointed WILX to the plans to develop the ModPod community, which she said take about 66 people off the streets. The pods will be no bigger than 200 square feet, located near amenities that include laundry, bathrooms, a resource center and community spaces, she said. “We’re looking at rapid rehousing, which is a short-term program that allows you to put them in an environment that is stable and then begin to work on their individualized plans,” Coleman said. “So that when they pursue housing again it would reduce the possibility of future evictions.” Coleman told the Lansing State Journal the pods would be low-barrier, opening the door to folks with criminal records, drug addicts, and others with behavioral and mental health issues. “Hopefully, this won’t be placed anywhere where there’s a threat to kids or families,” Coleman said. The ModPods have been used for that purpose in states across the country, including Nevada, Oregon, and Vermont, where officials in Burlington are considering whether to continue with the program residents living in the structures have described as “a positive experience,” according to the AP. Burlington housing advocates question whether what was pitched as a short-term solution is effective in transitioning homeless residents to long-term housing, noting the average stay has climbed from 180 days in 2023 to 240 days. There’s similar concerns in Lansing, where some housing advocates have questioned the wisdom of spending $1.4 million on the tiny homes, rather than permanent housing solutions, the news wire reports. Michigan State University assistant professor of Planning, Design and Construction Deyanira Nevarez Martinez warned about the use of modular housing when communities “see them as the solution, rather than a temporary stopgap” in a meeting in August. Martinez, a city council candidate, said success of the program will hinge on the city’s involvement, and the folks put in charge of the project. A study commissioned by the city published in April found more than 2,370 residents utilized Lansing emergency shelters, outreach teams or other housing program in 2023. Those folks were among 33,226 Michiganders living on the streets in 2023, up from 30,746 in 2020, according to Bridge. City officials will hold a community meeting on the ModPod project on Oct. 30 at the Foster Community Center in Lansing, while the city pursues bids for housing service contractors in the coming weeks, Kim Coleman, the city’s Human Relations and Community Services director, told the news site. The ModPods are just one of several efforts underway in Lansing to address the city’s rampant homelessness. Other plans include a special shelter for drug addicted LGBTQ folks called A Place for Us, which formerly homeless transgender resident Lucas Keith told WLNS is “very important not just for the LGBT, but for people of different religions and faiths who don’t feel comfortable with the current systems that exist.” “It will be a self-identifying shelter,” Luna Brown, the force behind A Place for Us, told WSYM. “We will have men’s and women’s rooms as well as and also a gender-neutral room option.” “We’re going to have a case manager with resources that are specific to us,” Brown said. Brown told the news site organizers are shopping for a location, with plans to open A Place for Us in 2026.

The city of Lansing is the latest municipality to try the “tiny homes” experiment to address homelessness. The Lansing City Council recently passed a resolution stating it would spend $645,486 to buy 50 “ModPods” that provide essential living facilities. michigannewssource.com/2025/…

💚To the Flowerwood Forest ModPods💚 Thank you! Thank you for sitting around this C.U.L.T. campfire with me and helping me make the world around us a better place. Thank you for being by my side supporting me. Taking time out of your day to help this little guy. I am so grateful for all of you. Thank you for being my friend. Thank you for being my ModPods. ✨To hopefully many more years of laughs, love, and spreading the word of the C.U.L.T. Love you cuties!✨ 🎨: @vyansya

✨Looking for more ModPods!✨ Please read the picture below you cutie if you are interested 💚 shorturl.at/5NnkP

Seriously not even Sonic R tracks or nothing, the closest you get is the modpods theme being can you feel the sunshine

Some Terminations that caught my attention today. Additional details normally in my feed. FYI : Numerous #School & #Government #Layoff #Layoffs #Redundancy #Furlough are being approved, Thousands of institutions are cutting staff. CarMax, Inc. ( $KMX) 400 #USA #Cuberg Batteries 196 #California #Government Healthcare 73 #LongBeach #California Penumbra, Inc. ( $PEN) 71 California Nordson Corporation ( $NDSN) 11 California Five9, Inc. ( $FIVN) 33 California V2X, Inc. ( $VVX) 46 California Cisco Systems, Inc. ( $CSCO) 53 California Silgan Holdings Inc. ( $SLGN) 72 California Yum! Brands, Inc. ( $YUM) #KFC 14 locations closed ? #Illinois #Layoff #Layoffs #StewardHealthCare 1,500 due to location closures #Ohio #StewardHealthCare 9 #Ohio Wolfspeed, Inc. ( $WOLF) closing Chip fab #NorthCarolina #UniversalCapacitySolutions 130 #Tennessee Redfin Corporation ( $RDFN) 100 #Washington #UniversityWisconsin #Milwaukee dozens culled #Wisconsin #BankOfQueensland 600 #Australia #Police Government 170 #NewZealand #WinstonPulpInternational 230 #NewZealand Pkp Cargo S.A. ( $PKP.WA) 750 #Poland #Modpods housing 122 #UK

Written before ModPods collapse, who supplied units for Greenwich Builds. Highlights issue of cyclical house building. Private building has fallen off a cliff. Public building v limited with little funding and offers no mitigation in downturn constructionnews.co.uk/tech/…

Coventry people are loving ModPods as people say they are 'perfect housing solution'. coventrytelegraph.net/news/c…

Washoe County's Safe Camp - which started as a line of tents at the old Governor's Bowl park - is now a permanent program. 50 ModPods are giving homeless people an alternative to the large shelter setting. We got a tour of the finished site today. Story: rb.gy/9hb79

County officials giving us a tour of the now permanent Safe Camp at the old Governor’s Bowl park. It has 50 ModPods for people living on the streets. Tune in tonight for my full story on @KRNV

#Vacancies #Jobs ‼️Don't miss out on the NEW #FullTime #Work in Coventry #CV8 ModPods are now recruiting! ⬇️Take a look at the positions below! 📲Want additional information? Want support applying? Let us know! #JobShop #CoventryCityCouncil #ModPods #Coventry

Team Nottingham HLP celebrating shortlisting at Digital Innovation Award at WM Constructing Excellence with Citizen Housing Group and ModPods International Ltd

One year ago @washoecounty rolled out its Safe Camp. Now, residents are staying in 8x8 structures called ModPods. I examine the pros and cons of sanctioned encampments for people who are experiencing homelessness in Reno and Denver for @NPR’s @hereandnow. wbur.org/hereandnow/2022/05/…

Solarpunk Mod Pods tour video is finally up! youtube.com/watch?v=dnrWC-Qx… #TheSims4 #Sims4 #Sims4Build #ShowUsyourBuilder #EcoLifestyle #RenewableEnergy #Moderators #TwitchMods #ModPods #Simooligan #TheSims

To help the area’s homeless, @WashoeCounty has added ModPods to the Safe Camp on the @NvCares campus. The shelters are 8' X 8' spaces w/a mattress, electricity & heating/AC for clean & sober homeless as they find a more permanent living situation. MORE: kolotv.com/2022/02/10/washoe…

Nevada Cares Campus readies their new ModPods for temporary housing rgj.com/videos/news/2022/02/… via @rgj

Watch: Nevada Cares Campus readies their new ModPods for temporary housing rssfeeds.rgj.com/~/681620440…

45 modular housing units are being built by the Cares Campus homeless shelter in Reno. The 8-by-8 foot ModPods have heat, A/C & electricity. I spoke to Karma Box's Grant Denton about how the units will provide security to people living on the streets: bit.ly/3GuzhE6

45 ModPods will soon open near the Cares Campus for people experiencing homelessness. They're equipped with everything they need to get a sense of stability. @BenMargiott takes a sneak peek at the project. bit.ly/3LdjcGs