Richard Reeve
Created: February 21, 2021 11:10 PM
In a massive North Loop warehouse in Minneapolis, a unique tiny home shelter space is taking shape.
It’s called the Avivo Village — a shelter within a shelter.
“We’re calling them tiny homes, they really are rooms,” says Emily Bastian, Avivo’s vice president of ending homelessness. “Something COVID-safe, something that they could know that their belongings are going to be secured. That they could lock things up when they weren't here. Where they could go 24/7."
The $2 million dollar project was built in just four months.
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It’s part of a two-year, $6 million pilot program funded by state, county and city funds.