‘Tiny Houses, Big Voices’: a peek into new book by youth village residents
By Alastair Boone on The residents of YSA's tiny house village have put together a book of writing from a workshop in the community.
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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.
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-led Tiny House Village makes strides
By Julia Irwin on On Thursday, May 16, at the First Congregational Church of Oakland, the youth leaders of Youth Spirit Artworks unveiled what they believe is a solution to the East Bay’s affordability crisis: a 70 square foot Tiny House, featuring a skylight, several windows, two doors, solar-energy heated floors, and two brightly-painted murals along each length of its exterior.
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.
Too Cute to Fail? A Critical Look at Tiny Houses
I’m hoping the seduction of miniaturization doesn’t distract from the call for a right to rest, for human rights, and for housing based on the needs of minimum-wage workers, people with disabilities, veterans, and low-income seniors who can’t compete in a market designed by and for the one percent.
Tiny House Movement Spreads Across the Country
Dignity Village in Portland started when homeless activists claimed space under a downtown bridge. It has grown into a 60-person village with tiny homes built of recycled materials by residents and volunteers. Community members practice self-governance, and select their own members under their own community agreements.
Tiny Houses: A New Vision of Home
Many are interested in tiny houses for the homeless community. “I hope it’s the beginning of an upswell of community support to get this tiny homes program under way in Berkeley. It seems that there is a possibility we can do that.”