This is the inspiring story of how a man, Reverend Jeff Obafemi Carr, is leading a small group of people who are building a community of micro homes called Infinity Village for homeless people in their neighborhood who were formerly living in tents. For days, the group worked in a remote green space just off [...]
Charity
Operation Tiny Home BIG Dream for Veterans
Operation Tiny Home is a new 501(c)(3) nonprofit that assists people to maintain a life of dignity through pay-it-forward sustainable tiny housing solutions. Our current project, Tiny Home, BIG Dream, is part of our Pay-It-Forward Veteran Housing Program and is focused on building a Tiny Home for Mike, a disabled veteran dealing with severe housing [...]
Group Teaching Schools How to Build Tiny Houses
Do you think creating a tiny home on wheels should be affordable and accomplishable for the average person, and even the average high school student? That’s what the creators of The Collaborative Tiny House Project believe, and they’ve put together a Kickstarter campaign to make it happen. Jesse Anselm, one of the Collaborative members, was [...]
Reverend to Build Micro Home Community for Homeless
This story is a guest post by Janet Caldwell Well, have I got a story for you -Rev. Jeff Obafemi Carr, once homeless himself, is living in Nashville’s FIRST micro model home until enough money is raised to build a village of micro-homes for the homeless. Through the efforts Infinity Fellowship where he is the Lead Minister, [...]
Man Traveling in Tiny Home to Help Rebuild New Orleans
For most Americans, Hurricane Katrina is a decade-old memory. However, over 20,000 families in New Orleans are still living with the effects of the storm today. 20,000 is the number of houses in New Orleans that still need repair before they are habitable, according to Dave Dickey, a volunteer for the United Saints Recovery Project. [...]
Teens Developing Eco-Village for Seattle’s Homeless
A group of local teens in Seattle are developing an eco-village called The Impossible City to benefit the local homeless people in the area. They’ve even put together an Indiegogo fundraising campaign that has so far raised a total of $27,744 as I write this. With the campaign scheduled to close on April 26, 2015, [...]
Hope’s Village of SLO: Tiny Homes for the Homeless
A compassionate group of people in San Luis Obispo County, California are creating a village of tiny homes to benefit their homeless neighbors. Right now they’ve completed their model 7′ x 16′ Cabin on Wheels which they are lovingly calling The COW. The plan is to develop a sustainable tiny house community for their unhoused [...]