Recent figures from the United Nations show that more than half of humanity exists on less than $2.00 a day, 1.3 billion people live in shanty towns and garbage dumps, and 40,000 die everyday from preventable diseases and malnutrition.   

In 1800, only 2% of the world’s population was urbanized. In 1950, 30% of the world population was urban; in 2000, 47%. More than half of the Earth’s population will be living in urban areas in 2008. By 2030, it is expected that 60% will live in urban areas.   

Approximately 2,450,000,000 persons (40% of the world’s population) don’t have electricity.  

 Number of children in the world: 2.2 billion. Number of children living in developing countries: 1.9 billion. Number of children living in poverty: 1 billion--every second child lives in poverty.   

During the week of December 23-30, 2004, Crisis homeless charity took over the Millennium Dome, London’s $1.9 billion landmark designed by Richard Rogers Partnership, and turned it into a homeless shelter for the holidays. Beyond providing shelter, Crisis offered workshops in skills, such as plumbing and numeracy, to 1,500 homeless people.  One out of four adults in the world is illiterate.   

Total annual U.S. construction and demolition waste generation: 13,000,000 tons; number of US commercial buildings demolished annually: 44,000; number of US housing units demolished annually: 245,000; portion of US annual landfill waste stream associated with construction and demolition: 10-30%.   

The Pearl River Delta is the largest production landscape in the world: 90% of everything that is “Made in China” is made there. In 2003 the delta had 12 million inhabitants; it is expected to triple to 36 million by 2020. At least two thirds of these people are so-called floaters, migrants without status, and with no home. 92% of the inhabitants use public transport, and there are only 25 cars available for every 1000 inhabitants.   

In the last century, drought killed 10,009,000 people worldwide; floods caused the deaths of 6,888,000; earthquakes killed 1,883,000; wind storms 1,197,000; volcanoes 96,000; and landslides 54,000.   

Countries with the largest internally displaced populations:

Homeless poverty is truly one of the larger conditions with which the world is going to struggle over the next century.  In 2007, the number of people living in urban areas will equal the number of people living in rural areas for the first time in history.  From then on the number of city dwellers will continue to outpace rural residences.  The world at large is ill equipped to handle this dynamic.  As such The United Nations Millennium Development goals have target greater levels of awareness especially with Agenda 21, Target 11 which aims to improve the lives of slum dwellers by 2020.

We at IADDIC Shelters look at these conditions seriously and play a role in impacting positively those whose are affected by houselessness.  Our products are targeted to both urban settlers as well as disaster victims.      

The need for an instant shelter which surpasses current capabilities is so important.  It has been estimated that the world requires 80,000 new dwellings every day to remain at par with the current housing shortfall.  Any new shelter being considered for deployment must be extremely capable in terms of longevity, security and quality of life.  The concept of portable relief shelters, prefabricated housing, and prefabricated buildings is not new.   But instant shelters which are so compacted they only consume 4% of there volume when shipped is very new.  This reduction in volume allows a large number of units to be shipped at one time. 

There are many causes of homeless poverty in the world.  Everything you can imagine from a lack of disaster preparedness to slum leveling with bulldozers causes people to become homeless or houseless.  It is unconscionable however to not respond to a condition once we become aware of its existence.   Therefore, we will continue to develop and deliver innovative housing to those most in need of a roof over their heads.  From disaster recovery housing to portable emergency shelters and, portable housing to durable houses.  Our product will continue to evolve to become more affordable and more capable. 

Welcome to IADDIC Shelters!  We want to thank you for spending a few minutes on our site and encourage you to ask any questions or request our information package. 

Our vision is clear; IADDIC Shelters is to change the process of delivering adequate dwellings to reduce some of the burdens of global houselessness. 

Our mission is equally clear but very challenging; our mission is to strip away existing barriers and produce capable dwellings in such overwhelming volume that 500,000,000 people who would not otherwise have, are living in adequate shelters. 

We, by ourselves, can not solve the overwhelming burden of global houselessness.  However, we can be a positive contributor.  We believe the IADDIC Shelters concept of structure construction provides a unique opportunity to deliver an extremely functional product loaded with features not previously available in a single disaster renewal or urban renewal dwelling.  Especially for the price. 

If you want to learn more, please use our Request Info and we will send you our information packet. The need for adequate dwellings is real and extremely needed.  As you have seen from our website, 1.4 billion people annually are in need of adequate shelter.  This number is going to do nothing more then grow.  We believe we can make an impact by delivering an economic solution not previously available.

We’ve become involved in the delivery of adequate shelter because we have learned of a tremendous need.  Unlike many disastrous situations which exist in the world, the lack of adequate shelter seems to be a silent one.  It becomes obvious how desperate the world is for adequate shelter when you encapsulate the need into several brief bullet points.  For example:

1.4 billion people are in need of adequate shelter

Nearly 1 billion people live in slums

133 million people lack durable housing

560 million people lack adequate sanitation

125 million people were affected by natural disasters in 2005

This is just the tip of the iceberg.  If the tide is not stemmed, the numbers of people in need of adequate shelter are only going to increase as the world’s population increases and more people migrate to cities or urban areas. 

Therefore, we believe it is possible to product in overwhelming volume, an adequate shelter (one which is proven to withstand the rigors of use and time) at an affordable price.  Our shelters are intended to survive.  Storms, earthquakes, use, and abuse. 

To stand behind this we have had our shelters tested in an independent laboratory to determine the ultimate capability.  Some of the results were impressive. To further ensure the capability of the shelters we are in partnership with the University of Texas at Arlington to continue testing the shelters for all kinds of conditions. 

We are unaware of any shelter provider who has validated their structures with internationally accepted testing. 

We encourage you to explore our site and in the event have come here because you have a need to deliver capable shelters, please let us know.