Our Mission

Our mission is to help solve the homelessness crisis in LA by placing housing-insecure college students in tiny homes on backyards near campus.

There’s a housing crisis in Los Angeles. People are losing access to reasonably priced homes within proximity to their livelihoods, forcing them to either live beyond their means, live in undesirable situations, or give up urban dwelling entirely. No one is hit harder than the city's college student population, where 1 in 10 Cal State students is homeless and 1 in 5 community college kids face constant housing insecurity.

Our vision is to reverse that trend, easing L.A.'s housing crisis by converting underutilized residential land into micro-unit living space. ​

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Los Angeles, CA


Tiny Houses, Big Solutions

A 501(c)3 providing backyard tiny houses on wheels to housing insecure college students in LA. Our state-of-the-art homes are completely self-sustainable, making power from the sun and water from thin air. And making it easy--and profitable--for landowners to host them.

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