At affordablehousingaction.org, we’ve succumbed to ‘Mission Creep.’ We began with a focus on affordable housing, refined that to focus attention on ‘truly affordable’ a.k.a. public/social housing.
Surviving and prospering in truly affordable housing requires careful budgeting. That in turn suggests food, health, and other issues that influence life in truly affordable housing, not the least by far being the drastic consequence of not being able to find, afford, or successfully settle in truly affordable housing — homelessness.
Thanks to the amazing adaptability of libraries, which have re-invented themselves, we are drawn to their incredible efforts to support people (low-income or not) with a place they could come to and access the internet.
And every now and then we’ve been seduced by yet another brave new library experiment to help level the social and educational playing field in different countries.
This is one of those examples — lending bikes for families that need to get children from home to school. It allows families to try it out without buying a bicycle, only to discover that such a considerable initial expense has been a disastrous mistake.
Read more at TheMayor.eu: First bicycle library opens in Dublin and at Next City1: Bike Libraries Are Boosting Access To Bikes Across The U.S.
The picture at the head of this post is a kicker to the story. It’s another effort to hook up bikes and kids that’s been around since 2009. Here’s a link to the Nashville, Tennessee project’s website, which does a fair job of explaining itself: Oasis Bike Workshop
