LA’s Aetna Street Bridge Home in Van Nuys offers an aggressive, timely template for ameliorating the 60,000 person homelessness/shelter crisis by transforming a ¼ acre parking lot into a 70-bed facility for vulnerable Angelenos. Its accelerated schedule and lean budget present a streamlined and efficient use of prefabricated, modular units to provide collective dining and gathering space, pet play area, assistance with accessing city services, showers, restrooms, laundry, pest control, and secure storage.
