The location of the new facility is out by the airport, in the middle of nowhere, cutting off the unhoused from the social fabric.
If the goal is to help the unhoused be woven into the social fabric the answer is to build up, not out, so they are a part of city living, and should include:
1) Small-scale, incremental affordable housing, 2) Mixed-income, mixed-use neighborhoods, and 3) Preservation of older, cheaper buildings
I like the spirit of the project. I don't like that is quarantining a portion of society.
"Building more densely in the right places will not just enable the delivery of more homes, but will also improve access to jobs and services, while helping to fund desperately needed social and physical infrastructure. It will help people to be active and healthy, by locating more housing within walking and cycling distance of local amenities and public transport access, and by reducing reliance on car ownership. Furthermore, it will help to foster socially and economically mixed neighbourhoods, which are a key part of maintaining London’s vibrancy and economic success."
-London Housing Strategy https://www.housinglin.org.uk/_assets/Resources/Housing/Othe...
gscott•1mo ago