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Abstract
Many seasonal workers are housed in transitory accommodations, including tents and
vehicles. In this study, we analyze the supply side of this problem by assuming that a public
agent must house the workers through direct public investment. A peak load model is
adapted to develop investment rules for the least-cost provision of seasonal worker housing,
adding an interacting multi-season component to existing models. Based on this model and
the data from three prototype projects, the majority of the least-cost investment would be in
permanent, but seasonally occupied, housing.