Innovation

The housing crisis is undoubtedly linked to the fight against global warming and racial inequity and require a holistic solution. We cannot continue to build affordable housing while ignoring drought or extreme heat; we must increase our resilience against extreme climate. We cannot build affordable housing without an awareness of how racism has resulted in BIPOC communities facing housing insecurity. We cannot be content to work within ineffective systems and with limited tools that are unable to produce as much housing as we need. The challenges that face us require a fearless positivity; building in the now while forging tools for the future.

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

As we work toward our mission of Creating Spaces for All and solving for multiple crises at once (i.e. housing and homelessness, climate change, and racial equity), Holos uses Maslow’s Hierarchy as a guiding tool to holistically provide opportunities for a fuller life.

Those opportunities, which encompass self-actualization, can only be realized with the support of each step of Maslow’s pyramid.

Air:

  • Living Lungs

    Net Zero Operations

    Reduced concrete

  • Rehabilitated building

    Mass Timber

Water:

  • Water submeters installed to monitor usage and identify inefficiencies.

    Education for residents on water conservation and responsible water usage.

  • Greywater Systems: reuses water produced for laundry to support landscaping

    Bioswales: captures storm water to replenish water table

Food:

  • Projects NoHo Senior Villa, Isla Intersections, Burlington Family Apartments, and Laurel Grove include garden beds where residents can grow their own produce at no cost. Through partnership with Growing Hope Gardens, residents are taught proper garden maintenance.

  • In addition to filtering out harmful particulate matter and sequestering carbon, the trees that make up Living Lungs also have the ability to produce fruit for residents and the surrounding neighborhood. At Laurel Grove, some trees within the Living Lung are Citrus trees.

Living Lung example, how we’ve moved from 1.0 to 2.0 to 3.0 and working on 4.0 now

Model this page through the basic needs subsections: Air, Water, Food, Housing

then Safety= services, health clinic, SBRS

Love and belonging - also services

Esteem/Self Actualization = board/staff sptlinghts, tenant spotights