Tiny home village for homeless veterans nearing completion in Longmont

LONGMONT, Colo. (KDVR) — Sometimes a big problem requires a tiny solution.

So a veterans charity in Longmont is helping tackle the big issue of homelessness among veterans by building a tiny home village.

“The build alone has had probably close to 1,500 individual donors contribute to it,” said Jennifer Seybold, executive director of Veterans Community Project Longmont.

The soon-to-be-completed tiny home village is one of seven constructed around the country to help with transitional housing for veterans trying to get back on their feet. They can stay in the homes for up to two years.

“No expense to the veteran to live here. So what I like to say is that their expense is really just like working on themselves and being dedicated to that improvement and being permanent housing ready,” Seybold told FOX31.

Honoring military members through housing

When the project is completed, 26 tiny homes will occupy the site near Vance Brand Municipal Airport. Veterans are already living in six of the homes, another four are in the process of being framed and 16 others are finished on the outside. They hope to complete the building project sometime next month.

The homes come in two sizes: a 240-square-foot tiny home for solo veterans and a slightly larger one for veterans with families. Veterans Community Project says 70% of the construction work has been done by community volunteers.

“A lot of them use it to honor a fallen military member in their family or somebody that served,” Seybold said.

The charity has raised millions to finish the project, and they have just a few thousand dollars left to go in their capital fundraising campaign. If you want to donate your time, building skills or money to help complete the project, visit the non-profit’s webpage . To donate money, visit their online fundraiser .

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