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Tiny Houses for the Homeless
Forty-four thousand homeless people live on the streets in and around Los Angeles, according to the latest count. One citizen is taking the crisis into his own hands. He's built dozens of tiny houses and given them to homeless people all over the city. But is there a downside to this kind of vigilante do-gooderism? City officials think so.
By Barbara Bogaev • • 1 min readForty-four thousand homeless people live on the streets in and around Los Angeles, according to the latest count. One citizen is taking the crisis into his own hands. He's built dozens of tiny houses and given them to homeless people all over the city. But is there a downside to this kind of vigilante do-gooderism? City officials think so. Now they’re cracking down. Press Play producer Anna Scott brings us the story.
One of the tiny houses given to the homeless
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The full episode
3 of 5The Union Vote and the Evangelical Vote, Tiny Houses for the Homeless- 0:30The Union Vote
- 9:59The Evangelical Vote
- 20:17Tiny Houses for the HomelessYou’re reading this
- 27:20Friday Movies
- 43:00The Health Science of Vaping