YSA pursuing promise of 100 homes for homeless youth
By Alexia Rotberg on After successfully opening their first tiny house village for youth, YSA is moving forward with plans for a second.
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Youth voices: writing from YSA’s Tiny House Village
Excerpts from a writers workshop at the Youth Spirit Artworks Tiny House Empowerment Village.
Long-awaited Tiny House Village for homeless youth set to open in Oakland
By Simone Rotman on After more than three years in the making and COVID-19 related delays, the Youth Spirit Artworks Tiny House Youth Empowerment Village will finally open mid-February.
Youth Spirit Artworks’ Tiny House Village powers through pandemic
By Jilly de la Torre on For the last three years, Youth Spirit Artworks has been passionately engaged in the process of building a village of small homes for transitional-age youth experiencing housing insecurity in the East Bay. The pandemic has not hindered their progress.
Youth Spirit Artworks secures Oakland site for Youth Tiny House Village
By Alastair Boone on Youth Spirit Artworks (YSA) is celebrating a long awaited accomplishment: After scouring the East Bay for a site for their Youth Tiny House Village, YSA has secured a site in East Oakland.
It takes a village: tiny homes built with community support
By Kate Wolffe on Volunteers from all over the Bay Area have convened in this empty lot as part of the Youth Spirit Artwork (YSA) Tiny Homes Project, which aims to build 100 tiny homes for housing-insecure young people in the East Bay over the next 10 years.
Youth Spirit Artworks makes progress on Tiny House Village for homeless youth in the East Bay
By Sally Hindman on This spring, Youth Spirit Artworks is going to build a Tiny House Village for homeless youth in the East Bay. The village—which will be ready for move-in by fall 2019—could be the first youth-focused Tiny House Village in America.