photograph of a tiny home
Nathaniel "Pee Wee" Lee lives in a unit at the Episcopal Church of the Advocate in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
  • Churches are working with homeless charities to build micro homes across the US, The AP reported.
  • The homes can be built on spare church land and use existing water and electricity supplies.
  • Micro home villages are increasingly being developed in cities to help shelter the homeless.

Churches across the US are building tiny houses on spare land to accommodate homeless people, The Associated Press reported.

A number of faith leaders are working with nonprofits and affordable housing organizations to create the micro homes. They typically have a single bedroom and a small kitchen area and are being built on vacant land belonging to churches.