LONGVIEW, Texas — A Longview nonprofit organization is seeking investors for a nearly $2 million project to build “tiny houses” as part of a program to prevent veteran homelessness.
Chris Rigsby, Michael Gentry and Taylor Tarr say they’re following God’s call to build a transitional housing community called The Lighthouse for veterans on a patch of land near Hallsville, and they said they’ll need the financial support of community members and businesses to bring the project to fruition.
The project will include 50 homes measuring between 600 and 800 square feet on a 22-acre plot of land on FM 968 near Interstate 20. Veterans who live in the community will learn marketable job skills and other necessary life skills to enable their long-term independence, eliminating the root causes of homelessness.
Read more from the Longview News-Journal here.
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