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Encampments have proven people can house themselves quickly and inexpensively.  Now to make it legal and stable, better and more beautiful, and all that unhoused people have dreamt of.  Starting more modestly, our plan includes private, individual housing units under the control of the person or people living in each; shared community building for socializing, cooking, bathrooms, and showers; people living on the land make all the key decisions about their community; and common outdoor green space, including garden and trees.

We, the unhoused

Minneapolis's response to homelessness is cruel, unethical, and ineffective. 

On 2018 December 7 councilmembers Cam Gordon, Jeremy Schroeder, and Jeremiah Ellison introduced an ordinance to the Minneapolis City Council to amend regulations related to intentional community cluster developments. The amendment allowed a configuration of small dwelling units or rooming units and a common house on a lot. The noted intent is to provide an affordable housing option for residents who are unhoused or housing unstable.

Department of Community Planning and Economic Development staff prepared a report for the City Planning Commission and presented it on 2019 October 21 supporting the implementation of intentional community cluster developments.

Willy Gertrude Brown stared down cops on multiple occasions and won.

Land of 10,000 square feet or more anywhere in Minneapolis can be approved for an "intentional community cluster development" that makes much
lower-cost housing legal, so that's ideally the land Gertrude Brown Community Land Trust is looking to find.  (This is a zoning rule unique to Minneapolis, we think.)