According to a Fox 5 Atlanta report, a $3 million dollar tiny home village is being planned by a group of non-profit organizations and community members in Marietta.
It’s called Emmanuel’s Village and it will support homeless students and their families.
The village will consist of 15 tiny homes located on Cobb Parkway, offering families a stable living environment for several months to over a year and a half, if needed, Fox reports.
“I think for a lot of us that live in this community, it’s just heart-wrenching,” said Kevin Pounds, who works for MUST Ministries and is helping to develop the tiny home village.
There are more than 500 unhoused students who attend Marietta schools — and more than 1900 at Cobb County schools.
“Some of them may live for a season in our emergency shelter at MUST. Some of them may live in a minivan in the Walmart parking lot for weeks at a time. Some of them are living in the extended stay,” said Pounds.
Pounds touched on the name of the village: “Emmanuel.”
“Emmanuel means God is with us. For many of the homeless, they feel like the community’s given up on them, their families have given up on them. Some even feel like God’s given up on them. We just want these families to know we care about them, and God cares about them, and they’re not forgotten,” said Pounds.
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