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Shelter Bed Availability Board

See which shelters have free beds right now.

Intermediate14h2–3 people17/20 fit
TL;DR

Build Shelter Bed Availability Board for homeless shelters and outreach workers in ~14h with 2–3 people. Stack: Next.js + Supabase + Leaflet.

Why it wins: Urgent human need.

Build flow

01 · Problem
Outreach workers call shelter after shelter to find a bed.
02 · Solution
Shelters update bed counts in one tap, and outreach workers see a live map with eligibility and directions.
03 · Build
  1. 1Build shelter app
  2. 2Realtime counts
  3. 3Map view
  4. 4Filters
04 · Demo
Update a shelter's count and see the map change.

MVP checklist

  • One-tap updates
  • Live map
  • Eligibility filters
  • Directions

Tech stack

TechRole
Next.jsFrontend + API routes
SupabaseTooling
LeafletInteractive maps

Reference repos

Open-source projects you can build on. Links checked 2026-10-31.

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