Homes for the Homeless

Over 200 homes have been built by the barefoot architects for the homeless using government funding, but bypassing the unimaginative and unaesthetic results that emerge from government housing projects.

The contract between government houses, built by government architects, engineers and contraction and the homes built by the poor themselves is enormous, both aesthetically and functionally.

At the same cost as a government-built housing, these barefoot architects have built their houses with more space for cooking, keeping animals and sleeping in the courtyard. Greater flexibility and non-standardization has enabled people to construct their homes using materials they preferred and coul afford. Roof areas are designed for many uses, such as drying, sleeping and dying clothes.

The plaque help by the barefoot architect identifies this house as one of the 200 houses built with government funding.