1. Tiny Homes Village at the Farm at Penny Lane
Thava Mahadevan M.S LCAS
Executive Director
XDS Inc.

2. Funding Acknowledgements
Triangle Community Foundation
C. Felix Harvey Award, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Cardinal Innovations
Oak Foundation

4. A Home is the Key to… Health Safety Employment Family Community
Stability
Opportunity
Success

5. The Dilemma
$750 is the monthly Income for people receiving Supplemental Security Income
The national average for a one bedroom rental unit is 104% ($780) of the monthly income of a person living on SSI
NOT including utilities
OR other living expenses
104%
MONTHLY INCOME

6. A New Option - emerges

7. The Initial Phase: Building a House

8. Building a Permanent Foundation

10. Embedding Research into the Development: C. Felix Harvey Award
Dr. Amy Wilson, Asst. Professor UNC School of Social Work.
Inter-disciplinary team –using research methods to inform design of homes and community
Universal Design – recommendations on how to build accessible homes
Stakeholder feedback – how to tailor design of home and community to needs of people with MI
Focus Groups (N=28)
Overnight Visits (N=8)
Key informant interviews (N=4)
Meetings with local, state, and national policy makers
Develop a “how to guide”

11. Designing the Tiny Homes Tiny homes are NOT “tiny”
Accessibility
Maximize use of outside spaces
Engage flexible and utilitarian floor plans
Maximize Privacy and Autonomy
Connectivity matters
Maximize natural light
Create spaces for entertaining

12. Designing the Tiny Homes Village
Build a resource rich community designed to promote wellbeing
Build a “planned community”
Privacy
Infrastructure needs
Community rules
Shared governance
Resident autonomy
Supports within the community
Connection to larger community
Community amenities
Develop procedures for how residents will be selected

13. Building the Tiny Homes Village

14. 2nd Phase: Site Development

15. Site Development Details
Zoning
Expand water/sewer capacity at the farm
Road Widening
Prepare building sites
Expand Parking

16. Building the Tiny Homes Village

18. Clubhouse & Pavilion

19. Costs 1/3 of Monthly Income
Cost of the Tiny Homes
$50,000 To Build
$250/month rent
Costs 1/3 of Monthly Income

20. Tiny Homes Village at the Farm At Penny Lane

21. Thank you thava@xdsinc.org