HEARNE, TX — Tiny Hope Village aims to ensure those enduring chronic homelessness in the Bryan/College Station area have homes of their own.
As an organization providing ministry for 12 years, the nonprofit is now under contract to buy a 7-acre plot of land in Hearne, with the intention of building over 20 homes for those in need.
"It’s a supportive housing community of tiny homes, and it’s going to be permanent housing, and we’re going to focus on ending homelessness. We’ve been inspired to build housing that’ll work for the needs of the people who have been chronically homeless," said Dan Kiniry, organizer of Tiny Hope Village.
Kiniry explaining that the intention is for each tiny home to be between 300 and 400-square-feet, with a bathroom, kitchen and more. Each home will fit one to two residence.
"We’re going to try to make them very nice and beautiful and dignified," said Kiniry.
The plot of land is the first step in ensuring the Tiny Hope Village comes to fruition. The nonprofit is scheduled to close on the land November 21 2019.
The group aimed to collect $25,000 by the contracts closing. As of September 4, they are $12,000 short.
"We want to do this project, not in any social service kind of way but in a relational kind of way. We really want to be a community where everyone who is there is willing to give," said Kiniry.
Kiniry said the group hopes to be able to pay for the land outright.
"We just heard so many people say, "I don’t need much. I just need my own space where I can lock the door and know that I will be safe. I know I have a place to go home to where I can take a shower and just relax,"" explained Kiniry.
