The Tiny Homes Village is a collaboration with Cross Disability Services, Inc., (XDS, Inc.), a local nonprofit and the UNC School of Social Work. The project aim is to develop a new affordable housing option for people with mental illness and other health conditions living on a fixed income. The village will include 15 tiny homes. Each tiny home will be about 400 square ft, built on a permanent foundation. Veterans with chronic health conditions will be given priority for 5 of the village’s 15 homes. The Tiny Homes Village will also include community amenities that foster activities and interactions among residents, such as a clubhouse, walking trails and an outdoor pavilion.
Tiny Homes Village is located on the grounds of the UNC Farm at Penny Lane, an alternative therapeutic farm in Pittsboro, NC. This location provides residents with access to healthy food, meaningful daily activities, transportation and physical health and behavioral health services.
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Renting: the Tiny Homes are currently under construction. Once complete, more information on the selection process will be provided.
September 12, 2023
The Farm at Penny Lane community will be studied by UNC’s School of Social Work to see how the project might be replicated around the country. It starts with a colorful front door, which opens up into 416 square feet of home. “The colors on the doors are kind of our signature,” said Alaina Money-Garman, …
July 12, 2022
“Housing overall is a huge challenge all over the country for everybody but especially for people with serious mental illness living on a fixed income,” says Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health Director of Operations, Thava Mahadevan in a new video depicting the growth and importance of the Tiny Homes Village project currently being …
June 14, 2021
An estimated three in ten Americans who are homeless also suffer from serious mental illness (SMI), an indication of the acute lack of affordable, stable housing for some of our society’s most vulnerable members. An innovative project, funded by a grant from Cardinal Innovations Healthcare, hopes to use micro-housing configured with supportive services and nearby …
May 19, 2021
Alliance Health is making a $100,000 capital investment to build two tiny homes that will provide permanent housing for people experiencing homelessness who are served by the UNC Assertive Community Treatment Team (ACTT). The homes will be part of the all-inclusive Tiny Homes Village at the Farm at Penny Lane in Pittsboro, NC. The village …
February 3, 2020
UNC Farm at Penny Lane is one of three organizations to receive affordable housing funding from Chatham County’s Board of Commissioners. Read more at Chapelboro.Com
November 17, 2019
The UNC Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health, a partner with the UNC School of Social Work, the nonprofit organization Cross Disability Services (XDS Inc.) and other community partners broke ground November 15 for the Tiny Homes Village (THV) at the UNC Farm at Penny Lane. The Village will provide housing for veterans and …
November 15, 2019
The idea came as many great ideas come. Thava Mahadevan was watching an HGTV show about the latest real estate craze, Tiny Homes. “Certainly it made sense. You build it small,” he said. Finding affordable housing for people in need had been a lifelong goal of his, and suddenly he saw a way to make …
July 22, 2019
The Farm at Penny Lane’s innovative programs help mental health clients become more self-sufficient.
