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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Returning Tiny Houses to the Homeless

    Elvis Summers builds houses for the homeless in L.A. Tiny houses – 6 feet wide and 8 feet long. He’s given away 37 mini-homes so far, but in February, the Los Angeles Department of Sanitation confiscated about a dozen of them from a South L.A. sidewalk.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Apr 25, 2016 • 1 min read

    Elvis Summers builds houses for the homeless in L.A. Tiny houses – 6 feet wide and 8 feet long. He’s given away 37 mini-homes so far, but in February, the Los Angeles Department of Sanitation confiscated about a dozen of them from a South L.A. sidewalk. At the time, the mayor’s office said at the time that the structures were unsafe, but now Garcetti’s done an about-face. His office said recently that the city will return the impounded houses, however, it’s still unclear where they will end up.

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    The Crowded Race to Fill Barbara Boxer's Senate Seat
    1. 0:30Will the Crowded Field to Fill Boxer's Senate Seat Confuse Voters?
    2. 9:49Returning Tiny Houses to the HomelessYou’re reading this
    3. 16:21Murder of Honduran Activist Prompts US Congress to Question Aide
    4. 26:13The 'New Comedy Economy'
    5. 41:46TV Roundup: Can HBO Remain Supreme?
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