Posted on Nov 4, 2018
Planned Longmont tiny home village will give 25 homeless veterans free temporary housing
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Free housing for Longmont, Colorado veterans experiencing homelessness — which addresses a goal set by city council earlier this year — is expected early next year.
Kansas City, Mo.-based nonprofit Veterans Community Project is leading an effort to bring and manage 25 tiny homes to two acres just south of Rogers Road and west of Hover Street.
That organization was selected by a group of city leaders and Boulder County nonprofits, including Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2601, Longmont Foundation and the Boulder County Veterans Service Office, among others. Those stakeholders are collectively known as the Longmont Veterans' Housing coalition, which will help fundraise for the project.
The tiny home village will include 20 roughly 240-square-foot tiny homes, each of which will house an individual veteran, and five larger units of about 310 square feet for veterans with children, said Kevin Mulshine, a partner of HMS Development, the business that is donating the land for the tiny home village. Mulshine also is a member of the Longmont Veterans Housing Coalition.
The homes will be placed on concrete foundations, making the village's location permanent, unlike the tiny home village offering dwellings to homeless residents in Denver's RiNo neighborhood that is on the move after having its early success documented in a University of Denver study.
Free housing for Longmont, Colorado veterans experiencing homelessness — which addresses a goal set by city council earlier this year — is expected early next year.
Kansas City, Mo.-based nonprofit Veterans Community Project is leading an effort to bring and manage 25 tiny homes to two acres just south of Rogers Road and west of Hover Street.
That organization was selected by a group of city leaders and Boulder County nonprofits, including Habitat for Humanity of the St. Vrain Valley, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2601, Longmont Foundation and the Boulder County Veterans Service Office, among others. Those stakeholders are collectively known as the Longmont Veterans' Housing coalition, which will help fundraise for the project.
The tiny home village will include 20 roughly 240-square-foot tiny homes, each of which will house an individual veteran, and five larger units of about 310 square feet for veterans with children, said Kevin Mulshine, a partner of HMS Development, the business that is donating the land for the tiny home village. Mulshine also is a member of the Longmont Veterans Housing Coalition.
The homes will be placed on concrete foundations, making the village's location permanent, unlike the tiny home village offering dwellings to homeless residents in Denver's RiNo neighborhood that is on the move after having its early success documented in a University of Denver study.
Planned Longmont tiny home village will give 25 homeless veterans free temporary housing
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These should be all over the Country.....I will go further...I will help build these if they come to my neck of the woods. I was a contractor here for a long time, know all the right people....Be more than happy to GC or swing a hammer...Gun!
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SP5 Billy Mullins
Agreed, I have heard where people are converted prebuilt sheds into temporary shelters for homeless veterans.
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SP5 Billy Mullins
PO3 Bob McCord yes I agree. Possibly the money saved could be used to appropriately insulation and necessary plumbing and electrical systems.
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Homeless vets move into new tiny homes in Kansas City
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
This might be the same exact group that is setting these up in Longmont, CO PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Cynthia Croft - I am a Past Commander of the VFW. Several Years ago a Convention was Held in Kansas City and it was Not a Good thing to See the Veterans Homeless Camps Set Up under the Highway Underpasses. Of Course it would become a Thing Here to Resolve this Issue. Is it Fixed? I'm Not Sure but it can't be Ignored Anymore!
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