Tiny Home Village offers path out of homelessness
What Henry Esquivel likes most about his new house is the blast of cold air it delivers when he walks in.
It’s a big change from the Ford F-150 he used to sleep in, where temperatures would sometimes reach 110 degrees. It’s more spacious too, despite his new house being just one room. And it comes with neighbors – all of whom, like him, recently experienced homelessness.
A few doors down is Mark Larusch. The father of three has potted plants and an Adirondack chair on his patio. A few doors further away is the woman whose large, black Labrador, Dottie, greets Mr. Esquivel excitedly every day.
“It’s not big, but I don’t need big,” he says. “It keeps me sane, it keeps me safe.”
The Tiny Home Village (THV) in Albuquerque opened in February, and he was one of the first people to
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