This past weekend I came across a documentary about a man in Oakland who collects illegally dumped furniture and materials, and builds miniature homes for homeless individuals. He is able to build one home a day at no cost. These miniature homes made from materials found on the street give people a safe, dry, and respectable place to call their own. However, with this being one of the many videos I have seen floating around Facebook with individuals doing the exact same thing, it rings up the question of where these miniature homes can be placed. Homeless individuals are subjected to move where they live within a moments notice of police or greater authority telling them, so what would a homeless person do if they had to move their miniature home? Could they even manage to move their miniature home? Could permits possibly be given out for these new tiny homes?
Similarly in Seattle, a tiny house village just opened consisting of 14 tiny homes with access to a building with toilets and showers. This tiny house village is located on a piece of land owned by a church and will cost a total of ninety dollars of month to live there. While tiny homes aren’t a solution to the bigger homelessness problem, it sure is a creative and interesting way to help get some homeless people off the streets.

Check out both links and tell me what you think about tiny houses!

A Big-Hearted Man and His Calling to Build Tiny Houses for Oakland’s Homeless

http://www.kiro7.com/news/seattles-first-tiny-house-village-homeless-open-we/40000629