LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — "Never in my entire life did I imagine I'd be homeless."

That statement comes from Camy, who lives in the SF Bay Area, one of the nation's largest populations of people living without permanent homes. The video provided by DignityMoves reflects the impact made by the non-profit who says they have a new answer to the question "How do you solve homelessness?"

"DignityMoves is about building interim housing quickly and cost-effectively," says CEO and founder Elizabeth Funk speaking with News 3 remotely from San Francisco, where they're headquartered and where you'll find one of their sites.

33 Gough includes 70 private bedrooms, built at a fraction of what permanent housing would cost, she says. Around the clock staffing offers safety and steps to stability.

"When people first become homeless, less than 20% have a serious mental or behavioral issue that causes them to lose their homes. Less than 4 weeks later, that's double. If we let people languish on the streets for more than a decade, we're allowing them to be traumatized where they'll never be able to care for themselves again. That's what we're trying to solve," says Funk.

"My self-esteem has gone through the roof because I have a foundation. I have a safe place to rest my head. I have a safe place to eat wonderful food that I helped prepare," says Regina, another DignityMoves client who shares she's now in recovery and is going to school to be a culinary arts student. Leaders say these stories are evidence their so-called "Silicon-Valley-style disruptive" thinking can help making lasting change

Funk is offering a hand to Nevada: "We would love to be helping in Nevada. You've got a growing homeless population, half are unsheltered. If there are people listening, we'd like to be a part of the solution: make some land available; we can harness philanthropy, and we build cabins for people and give them some hope, and the community coming together and believe in them."

DignityMoves says they've had talks with potential Las Vegas partners but could not divulge names. They recently launched a playbook to help communities like ours build what they consider a scalable solution to a problem seen across the nation.