Target populations:

• Community college students
• Young parents + kids at risk of CPS involvement because of poverty

Goals for residents:

• Earn online degrees or certificates, with completion rates in line with public research universities
• Vocational training and start businesses
• Build savings
• Build healthy families

Features

• Pooled household services like laundry and basic food
• Pooled childcare, augmented with parenting training
• Shared services for Internet, phone, etc.
• Heavy surveillance for child safety and a healthy environment (drug free)
• Educational support services for online college and for kids
• Placement with local employers
• Entrepreneurship incubator
• Minimize need for ongoing funding beyond initial endowment of land and buildings so that it’s extensible.
  • Anybody can join except perhaps to keep certain quotas for need. Basically like affordable housing.
  • Housing spots should not be supply constrained
• Recruit mentors to stay temporarily or permanently