Council on Aging of West Florida Print

star-24px 2022 AARP Community Challenge Grantee

Project Category

Housing
Twotiny houseswill be built. One will house a low-income senior citizen, the other will be used as a model home to educate the community about the ways tiny houses can help alleviate the city's severe housing shortage.

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Two tiny homes on trailers.
Interior of tiny home.

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