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Tiny houses to be built for homeless, thanks to anonymous $300,000 donation

By WSBTV.com News Staff

Dozens of tiny homes to help homeless veterans in Georgia Tiny houses are lined up at the Tuxbury Tiny House Village in Amesbury, Massachusetts, on May 16, 2018. This location is said to be the first "tiny house" resort village in the area, and the third in the country run by Chicago-based Petite Retreats. A similar development is planned for Brunswick, Georgia. (Lane Turner/Globe Staff/Boston Globe via Getty Images)

By WSBTV.com News Staff

GLYNN COUNTY, Ga. — An anonymous donation is going to change the lives of more than a dozen homeless people in Glynn County.

The money, along with other donations, will be used by Hand in Hand to build the first phase of a 60 one-bedroom efficiency “tiny home” complex on property that formerly housed Altama Presbyterian Church on Altama Avenue, according to The Brunswick News.

Southeast Georgia Health System and Gateway Behavioral Health Services will provide aid that includes case workers, medical and psychological counselors, financial benefits advisors and a nutritionist.

The community will be fenced, gated and have security.

Residents of the tiny homes will be single men and women who have been homeless for the longest in the city.

The homes will be 240-square feet each. The residents will be required to pay a small amount for living there.

There are nearby fast food restaurants and businesses the organization hopes to connect prospective residents with for possible job opportunities.

Hand in Hand has received several donations of more than $100,000 recently to help end homelessness.



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