SALT LAKE CITY — The building blocks of the Other Side Village, the state's first tiny-home community for the chronically homeless, are spread across warehouses and parking lots.
The last 30 tiny homes to be built can be sponsored by members of the community, with the approximate cost to build and fully furnish a home being around $90,000. Two sponsored homes were presented to the community in a press conference Wednesday, with business leaders David Ibarra and the Murdock family naming them. Ibarra unveiled "Live Ready Casa" and Tyson Murdock unveiled "Silverado Manor" on behalf of his family.
"The population that we want to help is often folks that have lived for years on the streets and, like any human being, what you have been doing for years becomes your lifestyle. And so, learning to manage life differently than you have for the last few years, and sometimes even decades, is the real central challenge of changing lives," explained Grenny.
To Scott Schulte, an Other Side Village resident-to-be, the tiny homes represent his continued progress. A former sports reporter and a New York Times bestselling author found himself homeless after struggling with addiction after a knee replacement.