Philadelphia is building its first tiny house village to provide transitional, rent-free housing for women ages 55 and up who are experiencing homelessness. The first tenants could move in as soon as this summer.
The city's housing affordability crisis has reached such a pitch that officials are experimenting with new approaches, Liz Hersh, the city's director of the Office of Homeless Services, told Axios.
Hersh said she became convinced of the potential success of tiny house villages after seeing similar developments in Seattle. "Having their own little space and being part of a community — that was a game changer for them," Hersh said of chronically homeless individuals living in tiny homes in Seattle., board president of Sanctuary Village, told Axios she believes Philly's tiny house villages will be the first on the East Coast.Farrell anticipates that the first tenants could move into the village this summer.
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