This Normal Heights couple is offering a 'Tiny Home' to an Urban Corps member for a nine month stay.
SAN DIEGO — A Normal Heights couple is doing their share to ease San Diego's housing crisis. This story is a feel-good follow-up about a Normal Heights couple who decided their backyard should not just be about relaxing but sharing. members started with a trailer and built a tiny home from the ground up."I'm so excited," said homeowner Ellen Stone who paid for the tiny home to be built with her husband Greg.
Urban Corps of San Diego County provides paid job training and a chance to earn a high school diploma. When Ellen and Greg heard about Urban Corp's student Abdul Mobin Safi's story, they offered to help him. The nineteen-year-old had to flee Afghanistan two years ago, so they offered him a home."I was so excited," said Safi. For nine months, Safi will live in the tiny home for just two hundred dollars a month."Well, it's very kind," said Safi."If I get somewhere, if I can help someone, I will give them this feeling that I have right now.
He is the CEO of Urban Corps of San Diego County. Kennedy says if you're a homeowner who wants to help, Urban Corps will pay for the materials and build a tiny home to put in your backyard for a student. "All a homeowner has to do is say I have room in my backyard I am willing for you to put a house there," said Kennedy. "We really had the right partners and that really makes it work," said Greg and Ellen. As for Safi, he learned how to speak English and loves to read. Ellen and Greg say he's a wonderfully quiet tenant. At 170 square feet, Safi's house may be tiny but he's dreaming big and wants to be a business owner."A business owner.
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