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A NEW tiny home village will open for two years in location before moving to its permanent home.
The Homing Project, a non-profit, is building the community in Tucson, Arizona.
These tiny homes can be assembled and taken down in an hourCredit: PalletThe tiny village is expected to be open in late summerCredit: Pallet
It was founded by retired physician Kristin Olson-Garewal and her son, Raj Garewal, when they noticed the homeless population was growing.
“I just looked out the door one day … and noticed how many homeless people there were and realized it was getting worse instead of resolving,” she told Arizona Central.
Raj had worked with the homeless community in Los Angeles and showed his mom a video of a village made of homes that could be taken apart or put together in under an hour.
They were made by the company Pallet, which requires all villages with their shelters to include an on-site service provider to help residents find permanent housing.
Last month, the group received ten prefabricated 64-square-month tiny homes that will become transitional housing for residents living on the street.
The home will be assembled near Grant Road and Stone Avenue and remain there for two years before being relocated to South Tucson.
The village will be on a gated property with 24-hour security, and the initial community will serve survivors of domestic abuse who are younger than 25 or older than 50, according to the group’s website.
Each home has enough room for two beds, locking doors, climate control, and storage for personal belongings.
There will also be private showers, a communal kitchen, a laundry room, and community areas for residents to socialize.
Residents can get help with medical, dental, and mental health issues, and substance abuse counseling will also be offered.
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No drugs, firearms, or alcohol are allowed onsite.
“People have a lot of preconceived notions about what it would be like to have unhoused people living in their neighborhood,” Olson-Garewal said.
“We’re just doing this to show people that they are just neighbors.”
She said that the village is expected to be move-in ready by late summer.
ONE STOP SHOP
Tiny home villages like this one have been popping up all over the country.
In Binghamton, New York, a tiny home village is being built to offer residents rent-free living.
Broome County Executive Jason Garnar is behind the project, hoping to support local veterans.
A Veteran’s Resource Center will be alongside the village to ensure their unique needs are met.
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“The whole idea of our Veterans Resource Center is we want a one-stop-shop for all of our local veterans,” Garner told local CBS/CW affiliate WBNG.
“We want to be able to put all of our veteran’s service agencies under one roof and then have programming support for veterans and do whatever we can to help our local veterans here in Broome County.”
Construction is expected to be done by 2025.
There will be two different styles of homes: smaller homes will be 831 square feet, and larger homes will be 965 square feet.
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