I love this sign – “YES, in my backyard”. And this is a truly wonderful story, of an architect and his daughter who love their city so much that they want to show it is a city that cares enough to house all its residents, and to welcome them as neighbours.
Facing Homelessness, a non profit based in Seattle, Washington, builds tiny homes in a backyard to house a person who’s been homeless. And in doing so, the Block Project is not just building houses – it’s building community among neighbours, the housed and formerly unhoused alike. (See some of them here.)
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