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BurntXOrange

Online news & entertainment magazine at UT Austin

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Everything is Smaller in Texas? Tiny homes Fight Against Chronic Homelessness

October 5, 2014

The 27 acres of land just east of U.S. Route 183 look just like any other patch of open land in Texas. The grass is a faded green and overgrown with shrubbery, patches of moss cling to the trees, and only birds and insects call this place home. The thousands of drivers who pass by it everyday easily overlook it. But, when Nate Schleueter and the rest of the Mobile Loaves & Fishes team look into this field, they see a vision, one that will revolutionize how communities deal with chronic homelessness.