Building a City Where No One Sleeps Outside
Eden Village of Richmond VA is working to build a tiny home community for the chronically ill and homeless.
Richmond's JourneyEden Village of Richmond will be a 36-unit tiny home gated community specially designed to provide permanent homes and wraparound social and healthcare services for chronically ill, disabled, and homeless people in the greater Richmond area, including local hospital patients and those recovering from addiction. We aim to treat homelessness as the public health emergency that it is, where preventable and treatable ailments can be avoided through the stabilization that comes from being in a safe and secure environment consistently. We know that a home is an essential component to long-term healthcare for those of our neighbors who face homelessness. We believe that Eden Village of Richmond will provide a proven, permanent solution to chronic homelessness.
The Eden Village Story
The Eden Village Story
Following the Path to Success
Eden Village of Richmond will be based on the proven model of tiny home communities built in Springfield, MO.
Eden Village of Richmond is fortunate because we don’t have to reinvent the wheel when it comes to stabilizing and housing chronically homeless persons in the greater Richmond area. We are grateful that Eden Village of Springfield forged a path that allows us to partner with them and implement their proven system that includes a wraparound support system and community-based rehabilitation. This model shows us that dignity is the solution to poverty and community is the solution to homelessness.
With your help, Eden Village of Richmond will offer dignified and stable living for those who just need a hand. And with your support, we can create the conditions for success: a supportive community in a gated, fingerprint controlled, pedestrian-only, courtyard development that will add value to those who live there and the greater Richmond community.
Help Us Build a Home for Those Who Need a Helping Hand
Solving Homelessness Through Compassionate & Dignified Living
Together, housing the chronically ill and homeless in Richmond is an achievable goal.
Local organizations and advocates who help address homelessness in our communities track the chronically homeless through various mechanisms, including shelters, hospitals, and local police departments. Recent estimates tabulated by the City of Richmond indicate that there are roughly 1000 disabled and chronically homeless adults in the greater Richmond area, including Petersburg and neighboring counties. These numbers tell us that we can do more. Together, as a community, we can address this challenge by providing housing in a tiny home community that contains social support services like counseling and workforce development training. Through this approach, homelessness is no longer a foregone conclusion.
