Meet the Oakland artists building emergency tiny homes
By Alastair Boone on During COVID, many outreach services for unhoused people ground to a halt. Artists Building Communities was born of this moment.
homeless housing
With help from the unhoused community, two tiny homes get a facelift
By Thomas Brouns on Thanks to the work of advocacy groups and the hard work of a group of housed and unhoused volunteers, two families’ tiny homes became a bit less tiny.
Artists from around the Bay bring Youth Spirit Artworks’ tiny house village to life
By Jilly de la Torre on As the Tiny House Village edges closer to its long-awaited opening date, many community groups are hard at work helping different pieces of the Youth Empowerment Village vision come together, including the vibrant artwork that has been popping up around the site over the last few weeks.
The state should house people living with mental illness
By Jack Bragen on When we see our fellow human beings wither away and die on the streets, when we see encampments in the news that appear not much better than living under a pile of trash, when we see human beings who have names...the cure
is not worse than the disease. Something must be done.