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Construction is well underway on the three Pee Wee Homes on the Episcopal Church of the Advocate property off Homestead Rd in Chapel Hill. Volunteers are needed from September-November.
September volunteer shifts are ready for signup:
Help install siding
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If you’d like to provide snacks for the crew – fruit, home-baked treats, etc. just drop by the site during one of the construction shifts
PEE WEE HOMES Featured on WRAL
“How tiny homes could solve housing problems in Chapel Hill”
Expensive housing contributes to cycles of poverty in every region of our state, industry observers say. But a group of Chapel Hill advocates believe tiny homes could be a big solution for the housing crisis.
Pee Wee Homes Collaborative has a vision of an entire Chapel Hill neighborhood occupied by tiny houses.
“It’s a concept that provides affordable housing to people that would otherwise be homeless,” said Lisa Fischbeck, chairwoman of the Pee Wee Homes Collaborative.
Fischbeck said the city has a unique housing crisis because students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill rent the more affordable homes, which leaves other city residents struggling to find housing in the price ranges.
“They often are the people who have worked hard in this community for years, but then they can’t afford to live here,” Fischbeck said.
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“You’ve got people who’ve got low income, people on fixed income, older people, homeless people, people that’s handicapped, they need a place to go. Most of them want to get off the street. That’s what I’d like to see, somewhere they can go and call their own,” Lee said.
Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/chapel-hill-news/article134533779.html#storylink=cpy
Kickstarter Soft Open!
It’s Live! We’re still keeping the word quiet around town, but if you’re looking for a way to donate to this project just Click Here: Tinyurl.com/kickstartpeewee or on the image below!