Tiny homes

St. Louis mayor calls on regional leaders to help expand housing efforts

Andrea Y. Henderson

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones is calling on regional leaders to expand their efforts to provide housing for people experiencing homelessness. Jones' administration has added housing in north St. Louis with $1.2 million in federal coronavirus relief funds.

Rebecca Tallman, executive director for the Veterans Community Project of St. Louis, gives a tour of the community’s homes under construction on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023, in the Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood. “It feels surreal right now,” Tallman, who is also an Air Force veteran, said roughly a month ahead of the community’s first veteran moving in. “We’ve come a long way in such a short time. [It’s] exciting knowing that we’re going to hep my fellow brothers and sisters in arms.”

Government, Politics & Issues

After a year's delay, tiny homes for St. Louis-area homeless veterans to open next month

Will Bauer

The goal of the nonprofit Veterans Community Project of St. Louis is to help transition homeless veterans to permanent housing.

Dwayne Tiggs, 41, looks at building materials he’s salvaged on Monday, Dec. 5, 2022, outside of the property he and his partner Rikki are building a tiny home on in Benton Park West.

Health, Science & Environment

Benton Park Tiny House is gearing up for big changes this spring

Miya Norfleet

Now that St. Louis has shaken off the last of its winter frost, Rikki Watts and Dwayne Tiggs are ready to roll up their sleeves and get to work building their dream home.

A model home of one of the 50 tiny homes set to be built for veterans experiencing homelessness in St. Louis.

Government, Politics & Issues

Nonprofit To Build Tiny Homes For St. Louis Homeless Veterans

Marissanne Lewis-Thompson

The Veterans Community Project, a Kansas City-based nonprofit, is building tiny homes and an outreach center in the JeffVanderLou neighborhood to help veterans who are experiencing homelessness.

The image shows two women entering a small red building that says Veterans Community Project on the side. The door is flanked by two American flags. There is a backhoe in the right side of the photo.

Government, Politics & Issues

Homeless Vets To Get 50 Tiny St. Louis Homes

Rachel Lippmann

Homeless veterans in St. Louis will soon have a place to get back on their feet. Officials held a ceremonial groundbreaking Friday on the first Veterans Community Project village in St. Louis.

Meghan Panu joined the talk show to discuss her tiny home, which was recently stolen but eventually found.

Economy & Business

Behind the Headlines: A conversation with owner of newly recovered tiny home

Evie Hemphill

On Friday’s St. Louis on the Air, host Don Marsh talked with Meghan Panu, the owner of a tiny house that was stolen in the city of St. Louis last weekend…