Who is using Sprung Structures for Unsheltered Solutions?

Irene Smith, JD, PhD
2 min readFeb 7, 2025

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Large-scale, fast, efficient and effective. How do we give people living on the streets, creeks, sidewalks, railway trails, and freeway underpasses incrementally better living conditions while saving the environment?

Cities have been using Sprung Structures for shelter for years — San Jose is not on this list.

Designed in 2020, The Incremental Ladder of Housing Success is built on the effectiveness of large-scale shelters using Sprung Structures.

Sprung Structures

65 Locations

More than 6,500 shelter beds

“…as of fall 2023, the City of Los Angeles has ordered AND installed 13 sprung structures at 12 sites….” Project: LA Schrader Blvd Bridge Shelter

Unhoused Support: Nevada Cares Campus — Drone Footage

Sprung Unhoused Support: Temporary or Permanent Shelters for People in Need

Sprung Homeless Navigation Solutions including shelter

Inside a ‘sprung structure’ used to house the homeless in Canada

The Salvation Army — Buildings are just a tiny part of the solution.

Nevada Department of Transportation purchased its first Sprung structure in 1994, which remained undamaged for 19 years in the Washoe Valley between Reno and Carson City.

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