Learn more about tiny home communities | Letter to the editor

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Tiny Home Communities are a sustainable solution to the housing affordability crisis here in Jefferson County. 

This webinar from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 16 explores supported, self-governing tiny home villages for the unhoused and housing precarious. It features a presentation on Bellingham’s Unity Village by co-founder Doug Gustafson. 

A panel discussion follows with Gary Keister, executive director of Bayside Housing; Josh Castle, director of community engagement for Seattle’s Low Income Housing Institute; Jesse Thomas, co-founder of the Community Build Project constructing 12 tiny shelters; Barbara Morey, housing advocate and Joint Housing Task Force member; and Brian Thompson, who gives a hand up to fellow tenters through advocacy and teaching survival skills. 

Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfZWY-QEMtBA3NnNTCPeKaKOpFoQ68nRMkbhSDY7yr7PpkGiA/viewform.

Send questions to tinyhomes@housingsolutionsnetwork.org.

This webinar is brought to you by the Quimper Community Housing Project and the Tiny Home Communities Housing Action Team of the Housing Solutions Network, Jefferson Community Foundation, and is co-sponsored by the Affordable Housing Action Group.

Carol McCreary
PORT TOWNSEND