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Tiny homes are being built on spare church land for people like Nathaniel "Pee Wee" Lee, who lives in a unit at the Episcopal Church of the Advocate in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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Churches are building tiny houses on spare land to house homeless people.

Faith leaders are working with nonprofits and affordable housing organizations to build micro homes. They usually have a single bedroom and a small kitchen area, and are being built on vacant land.

Tiny homes are being used as a solution to the homeless crisis. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, more than half a million people were homeless in the US in 2020.

Washington-based social purpose company Pallet has seen rising interest in its tiny homes that cost $5,500 and can be set up in less than an hour. 
Photograph inside a tiny home with a small kitchen area and bed

There is a small kitchen area. The Associated Press

The units were placed in people's backyards in 2016 by the Block Project.

There are three one-bedroom micro homes on the site of the Episcopal Church of the Advocate in North Carolina.

Micro homes are in the parking lot of a church.

A micro home village was set up by the First Christian Church in Washington.

We don't have a lot of cash. One of the church's ministers told The AP that they care a lot about it and have a piece of property.

The solution is easy to place on spare land.

A mini home community is being developed in partnership with a charity.

The housing units are being built with the help of local charity Amikas.

The director of the National Coalition for the Homeless told The AP that he was in favor of the churches' moves.

It is possible to include it in a menu of resources to address homelessness. If there is a chance to build a regular home at the same price, we would prefer that people build the regular home.

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