10/08/2026
OUR TINY HOUSE COMPANY WAS INVITED BY THE "MAYOR" OF DIGNITY VILLAGE TO VISIT ONE DAY . . . It was 2003 and Dignity Village was a new concept. Nobody was yet using "tiny houses" as one of many possible solutions for homelessness. DIGNITY VILLAGE was organized by homeless citizens themselves. On a city approved vacant lot, not too far from the Portland International Airport, tents and tarps and eventually ramshackle shacks appeared. Then little by little the shacks would be improved by the tenants. We got involved, on two separate occasions years apart, by organizing teams of volunteers and donating Vintage "Cottage kits" that were then assembled by the volunteers at Dignity Village. It turned out to be a huge win-win. At one point we had a team of compassionate men from a church in Oklahoma fly out to Portland at their own expense bringing their own funds to cover the cost of materials to build more Cottages!  That was very cool! 
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