When considering ways to help the poor, a pastor hatched an unusual and relatively novel idea for helping them get back on their feet: he and his congregation would build them a village.
Infinity Village, a community of tiny houses for Nashville's homeless population, comprises a handful of single person dwellings with a roof, a front door that locks, and a paned window — it's more than many of some of its residents have had in months. The design follows other in-between houses for the homeless, like one Elvis Summers built for 60-year-old Smokie in Los Angeles.
"I get emotional about this, because this is so cool," Roger McGue told the Tennessean. He has been living in a tent on the church's lawn or in shelters for nearly a year.
WKRN-TV repots that the Infinity Fellowship Interfaith Gathering Church initially set a $50,000 goal to help fund their village of tiny houses for the homeless. Per the project's GoFundMe page, they've now exceeded that goal by more than $10,000 in just two months' time.
“We want to let this be a model project for how you address homelessness, specifically in Nashville,” said Pastor Jeff Obafemi Carr, whose idea it was to build the tiny home village. “It gives you a space where not only you can live but you can maintain a sense of dignity, and that’s something we often rob homeless citizens of, their sense of dignity.”
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