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TINY HOME VILLAGE PROJECT 101 Texas St. SE, Albuquerque, NM (505) 268-1751 New Mexico’s first tiny home transitional housing project is funded by Bernalillo County and managed by the Albuquerque Indian Center. Website https://abqindiancenter.org/tiny-home-village Contact: Emily Diesckman, Village Operations Director (505) 268-1751 • 30 stand-alone 120 sq. ft. furnished, heated, and cooled living units with individual porches of which five are wheelchair accessible • Eight single-occupancy, well-lit and visible, lockable bathrooms • Communal village house with high quality grade kitchen, dining and recreational spaces, full laundry facilities, library, computer pod, office for private meetings, and private individual lockers • Fully-fenced and gated site landscaped with trees, gardens, and open-air living areas Opened February 2021 Bernalillo County’s Tiny Home Village Project
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TINYHOME
VILLAGE PROJECT
101 Texas St. SE, Albuquerque, NM(505) 268-1751
New Mexico’s first tiny home transitional housing project is funded by Bernalillo County and managed by the Albuquerque Indian Center.
Website https://abqindiancenter.org/tiny-home-village
Contact: Emily Diesckman, Village Operations Director
(505) 268-1751
• 30 stand-alone 120 sq. ft. furnished, heated, and cooled living units with individual porches of which five are wheelchair accessible • Eight single-occupancy, well-lit and visible, lockable
bathrooms
• Communal village house with high quality gradekitchen, dining and recreational spaces, full laundry facilities, library, computer pod, office for private meetings, and private individual lockers
• Fully-fenced and gated site landscaped with trees,gardens, and open-air living areas
Opened February 2021
Bernalillo County’s Tiny Home Village Project
Core Values• We believe that all people in our community -- no matter their financial circumstances -- are deserving of opportunities to improve their lives for the better
• We value community development, self-governance, andlong-term sustainability
Project GoalTo provide accompaniment and resources to people who are currently unhoused within a communal and supportive environment so that they can sustainably self-actualize.
We embrace the proven value of placing community firstand commit to ongoing accompaniment of our villagers, beyond their stay at the village. Our chosen approach is strengths-based, solution-focused, and trauma-informed. This means we will work with each villager according to their individual needs utilizing a client-centered approach. In addition to providing our villagers stability and dignity through safe and high-quality supportive housing, our emphasis is on substantive long-term growth and progress. Part of that process is facilitating practice in being a good and productive neighbor—within the village and in the broader community. Residency in the village is future-oriented and designed to provide villagers with necessary tools to successfully sustain themselves, including after they have found alternative accommodations outside the village.
On-site Offerings• Individual and Group Occupational Therapy Case Management
• Facilitated Skills Building, Self-Development and Job Readiness Classes
• Creative and Micro-Industry Opportunities
• Everyday Coping, Communication, Self Care, and Recovery Groups
Tiny Home Village Applicant Requirements• Be currently unhoused
• Be 18 years and over (singles and couples welcome)
• Be sober/clean for a minimum of 10 days
• Be willing and able to participate in community buildingthrough general village participation
• Be willing and able to participate in the maintenanceand running of the village
• Agree to pay the $30 utility contribution by the3rd of each month
• Agree to work with the THV support team memberson personal growth and self-care
• Agree to take advantage of assistance benefits
• Agree to abide by the village community agreement
Residency Limitations• No registered sex offenders or people who have been
found guilty of a sex offense charge
• No illegal substance nor alcohol use permitted on-site
• No guns or lethal weapons allowed
• Village occupancy capped at 40 with a maximum of 10 couples
• No minors or overnight guests; guest security rules apply
• We are growing the village incrementally.
• The above process is deliberately slow and carefulto ensure that applicants and the THV program are reciprocally suited.
• Housing is just one of the program’s componentsand applicants who are not able to or interested in participating in community-building, will not be successful.
• There is a 90-day probation period as well asmonthly reviews.
Villagers who start living in alternative accommodation outside of the village are called Navigators. They continue to have support from and connection to the village. Navigators are also encouraged to share their experience and expertise within the village.
For more information about this programor to schedule a presentation, please contact:
Ilse Biel ■ [email protected] ■ (505) 507-4940
