Think of the tiny house village as the long-term, permanent solution we have envisioned. However, there is value in transitional housing to move our friends from homelessness to permanent housing. Square One Villages (featured in our last post) began with a transitional housing facility. These transitional spaces were very small, smaller than a tiny house. They are designed for each person to have a secure, personal space in which to sleep and store property. These tiny spaces are combined with common areas that the residents in the community can use for community.

Veterans Community Project is implementing a tiny house program to combat homelessness in the veteran community. While VCP’s focus is narrower than ours in that they work exclusively with veterans, their program bears resemblance to our long-term plan for a community of tiny houses in which we plan to house our homeless friends.

The National Alliance to End Homelessness released a report in 2020 designed to give an overview of the state of homelessness in the United Stated. While Covid-19 has had a profound effect on the homeless population, an effect that has yet to be fully quantified, the data from the 2020 report gives us an understanding of the needs affecting our homeless friends.

The reality is that we definitely have common life experiences. I understand the lack of bonding that occurs in the life of the addicted brain. Addiction controls us in such a way that we are all about ourselves, what we want, what we need, and how we are going to get it. In my opinion, this mindset is not something that can be corrected apart from divine intervention. For myself it drives me to visit my friends on the streets and who live in the woods, to take them food and supplies. God saved me from myself and the very least I can do is share His love with others.