IADDIC Shelters offers
innovative shelter solutions for disaster
relief and urban renewal
applications.
DR1 - Disaster Relief Shelters
Say goodbye to the blue plastic tarp with the DR1 from IADDIC
SR1 - Urban Renewal Shelters
Erects like a tent...but lasts like a HOME. The SR1 from IADDIC
Did you know that 1.4 billion people in the world this year will go to sleep each night without adequate shelter ? Whether due to a natural disaster (such as earthquake, hurricanes, typhoon or tsunami) or economic tragedy (the kind that produces a slum village, shanty town, favela or other kind of slum), hundreds of millions of people throughout the world do not have adequate shelter.
If you’re like us, you probably thought when you first heard that statistic “somebody should do something.” We’re that somebody (or at least one of them).
At IADDIC Shelters, our goal is to build shelters for the “houseless” people of the world. But we don’t build just any kind of shelter. We build instant shelter units that are better than mere temporary housing. Depending on the configuration options, these portable emergency shelter units aren’t just temporary buildings, they’re semi-permanent housing.
We believe our innovative technology and low cost will allow us to build our shelter structures for 500 million of these “houseless” people. The clock is ticking… and we’re already at work solving the problem.
Disaster Relief Solutions
A crucial component of disaster recovery is the relief of the shelter problem. Our disaster relief shelter units are lightweight, compact, durable – and inexpensive. These structures are at the leading edge of portable shelter technology today and offer prefabricated building type shelter at tent shelter type costs. This is the next generation of emergency housing.
A big part of the global poverty problem is the lack of suitable urban housing and shelter. If you look at any slum village, shanty town, favela or other kind of slum the heartbreaking need for adequate shelter structures for people is clearly evident.
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