Churches across U.S. build tiny homes for homeless

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MOSAIC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY VIA AP

This photo provided by Settled and the Mosaic Christian Community shows the interior of one of the tiny homes planned for people coming out of chronic homelessness in St. Paul, Minn., in the fall of 2021.

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MOSAIC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY VIA AP

This photo provided by Settled and the Mosaic Christian Community shows the interior of one of the tiny homes planned for people coming out of chronic homelessness in St. Paul, Minn., in the fall of 2021.

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MOSAIC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY VIA AP

This photo provided by Settled and the Mosaic Christian Community shows tiny homes ready to be moved to Sacred Settlement Mosaic in St. Paul, Minn., in the fall of 2021. The Mosaic congregation is assembling a tiny house community for chronically homeless people.

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MOSAIC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY VIA AP

This photo provided by Settled and the Mosaic Christian Community shows the community's church in St. Paul, Minn., in the fall of 2021. The congregation is assembling a tiny house community for chronically homeless people.

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MOSAIC CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY VIA AP

This photo provided by Settled and the Mosaic Christian Community shows church land prepared for six tiny homes in St. Paul, Minn., in the fall of 2021. “We do not have a lot of property,” said Jeff O’Rourke, lead pastor of Mosaic Christian Community in St. Paul. “We have just strived to use every square inch of property that we have to be hospitable.”

7/13

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AMIKAS VIA AP

In this photo provided by Amikas, community volunteers install a steel door on cabin six at Meridian Baptist Church in El Cajon, Calif., on April 16 The sense of safety and security provided by the locking door is vital for the future occupants of the cabins. The Emergency Sleeping Cabins will serve as bridge housing for homeless single mothers with children.

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AMIKAS VIA AP

Volunteers from all parts of the community gather to assemble the first of seven arches for another cabin at Meridian Baptist Church in El Cajon, Calif., on April 16. The finished cabin in the background was constructed on site in the fall of 2020 to secure the approval of city officials and the support of the church congregation to host the eventual village of six cabins.

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AMIKAS VIA AP

Community and church volunteers raise and place the first arch, beginning the framing of cabin four at Meridian Baptist Church in El Cajon, Calif., on April 16.

10/13

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AMIKAS VIA AP

From left, El Cajon City Councilmember Steve Goble, Amikas board member Rob Bird, and Amikas volunteer Lorena Taylor discuss the next steps as Amikas volunteer Zella Burk helps frame the back wall of cabin number four at Meridian Baptist Church in El Cajon, Calif., on April 16.

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AMIKAS VIA AP

From left, Amikas Vice President Herb Kelly, El Cajon City Councilmember Steve Goble, and Pastor Rolland Slade celebrate on the front porch of cabin four, almost halfway framed behind them at Meridian Baptist Church in El Cajon, Calif., on April 16. Each cabin has 96 square feet of enclosed, secured living space and 48 square feet of covered porch to foster a sense of community.

12/13

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THE REV. LISA G. FISHBECK VIA AP

In this photo provided by The Rev. Lisa G. Fishbeck, Nathaniel “Pee Wee” Lee sits outside his home in Chapel Hill, N.C., on May 23. Fischbeck led the Episcopal Church of the Advocate when it added three one-bedroom units on its 15-acre campus. The first residents, including Lee, moved into them in June 2019. Before that Lee, 78, had spent years sleeping in alleys, cardboard shelters and cars after medical issues ended his bricklaying career.

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THE REV. LISA G. FISHBECK VIA AP

In this photo provided by The Rev. Lisa G. Fishbeck, Nathaniel “Pee Wee” Lee sits outside his home in Chapel Hill, N.C., on May 23. Fischbeck led the Episcopal Church of the Advocate when it added three one-bedroom units on its 15-acre campus. The first residents, including Lee, moved into them in June 2019. Before that Lee, 78, had spent years sleeping in alleys, cardboard shelters and cars after medical issues ended his bricklaying career.

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