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About a mile from the luxury apartments and new hotel rising in downtown Spartanburg, South Carolina, a very different kind of housing is taking shape. BridgeWay Village is a community of 18 tiny homes on the city’s Northside, built to help single women and small families move out of homelessness and into a stable future. According to The Post and Courier, the first residents are set to move in this October.
Filling a Gap for Women and Families
Most transitional housing programs in Spartanburg County serve specific groups, such as people returning from incarceration or recovering from substance use. That leaves a gap for women and small families who don’t fit those programs but still need help. A Place to Call Home, the nonprofit running BridgeWay, notes that 81% of single mothers in the county live below the ALICE threshold, meaning they’re working but still can’t afford basics like housing, childcare, and transportation.
“We’re serving single women and small families because we see that’s a big gap in what’s currently provided,” director Hannah Jarrett told The Post and Courier.
Small Homes, Fully Furnished
The village has 18 tiny homes on a single campus: nine studios and nine two-bedroom units, with three of each designed to be accessible for residents with disabilities. Even the largest is under 400 square feet, small enough to fit inside a standard garage. Every home has a full bathroom and comes fully furnished, with kitchen appliances including a small fridge, a microwave, and an oven. The nonprofit also supplies hygiene products and kitchen equipment.
A Stepping Stone, Not a Final Stop
Residents can stay up to two years, which gives them more time than a typical shelter stay of about six months to work through “complex barriers” like past evictions, gaps in employment, or bad credit. Instead of just handing over the keys, the program wraps residents in support, including case management, housing navigation, life skills, job training, financial education, and help with transportation.
Residents pay a small program fee that covers rent, electricity, internet, and more. It’s capped at 30% of their income and no more than $650 a month, so they can practice paying bills in a supportive setting. In return, they commit to working, saving, and checking in regularly with a case manager.
A Community Effort
First Baptist Spartanburg launched BridgeWay in 2020 and invested $1.6 million in the site, which sits next to its outreach mission, The Bridge at Green Street. In 2025, the church gave the property to Homes of Hope, which now owns and manages it. The City of Spartanburg helped fund the final construction, and A Place to Call Home is leasing the property to run day-to-day operations, intake, and services. Jarrett called it a “model of what cross-sector collaboration can build.”
How You Can Help
A Place to Call Home is looking for volunteers to help new residents move in, including building furniture, providing temporary child care on moving day, and cooking welcome-home meals. There’s also an Amazon wishlist to help furnish the homes. You’ll find the volunteer survey, wishlist, and donation link at aptchspartanburg.org/volunteer.
Village Details
- Location: Northside, Spartanburg, South Carolina, next to The Bridge at Green Street
- Homes: 18 tiny homes (9 studios, 9 two-bedroom), all under 400 sq ft; 6 accessible units
- Features: full bathroom, furnished, kitchen appliances in every home
- Who it serves: women (18+) and small families experiencing homelessness
- Stay: up to 2 years, with case management and wraparound services
- Program fee: no more than 30% of income, capped at $650 a month (covers rent, electricity, internet, and more)
- Owner: Homes of Hope; operator: A Place to Call Home; founded by First Baptist Spartanburg with support from the City of Spartanburg
- First move-ins: October 2026
Tiny home villages are helping communities across the country. See Providence Park tiny housing for the homeless in Arkansas, the New Vision Village for former foster kids, and Seattle’s Belmont Tiny House Village.
Learn More
BridgeWay Village, Spartanburg
Program: aptchspartanburg.org/bridgeway
Volunteer or donate: aptchspartanburg.org/volunteer
A Place to Call Home: info@aptchspartanburg.org · 864-580-5022 · Partnerships: Deandra Comer, dcomer@aptchspartanburg.org
Homes of Hope: homesofhope.org · (864) 269-4663 · Instagram @homesofhopesc
Source: The Post and Courier, Christian Smith, September 10, 2026
Rendering: A Place to Call Home/Provided.
Highlights
- 18 tiny homes for women and small families leaving homelessness
- Studios and two-bedroom homes, all under 400 sq ft
- Fully furnished, with full bathrooms and kitchen appliances
- Up to two years of housing with wraparound support
- Program fee capped at 30% of income or $650 a month
- Volunteers needed for October move-ins
Explore More
- Providence Park Tiny Housing for the Homeless in Arkansas
- The New Vision Village For Former Foster Kids
- Belmont Tiny House Village: 32 Volunteer-Built Homes on Seattle’s Capitol Hill
- Van Nuys Opens a 50-Home Tiny House Village
- Bellingham’s Third Tiny Home Village
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