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Pee Wee Homes Essentials

This Sunday, OCPEH will hold a memorial in honor of the neighbors we’ve lost this year. Any and all are invited. Through community, we remember, we heal, and we look toward a brighter future. 🤍

So very many thanks to the Oak Foundation for featuring us in their latest article! Click the link in our bio to read the full thing: “Across Orange County in North Carolina, a group of neighbours came together with a shared vision: to create affordable, tiny homes for, and with, people transitioning out of homelessness. Inspired by the tiny house movement, they saw the potential of small, efficient spaces to offer independence and sustainability – all within reach of people with fixed incomes, as well as older residents and people earning minimum wage. Their vision became Pee Wee Homes – a local initiative that sought to respond to the shortage of affordable housing in Orange County. These small independent houses range from 24 to 37 square metres in size (approximately 260 to 400 square feet) and are built out of sustainably sourced materials. Nestled throughout the neighbourhood on small lots of available land, they are creatively designed to maximise space. The organisation’s name honours Nathaniel “Pee Wee” Lee, a skilled brick mason who, although he had helped construct Chapel Hill several decades ago, ironically had nowhere to live himself. Following a stroke in 1995, he temporarily lost the ability to walk and speak, and was unable to work. He experienced homelessness for most of a decade. Only in later years, Pee Wee found stability in a studio apartment – one of the very few affordable homes in the community on his fixed income of USD 750 per month. Although Pee Wee passed away in August 2025, his memory lives on. “Pee Wee’s legacy lives on in every new home we build, resident we support, and in each donation, volunteer, and life transformed through our work,” says Alyssa Pacheco, administrative and communications specialist from Pee Wee Homes. And today, Pee Wee Homes offers much more than housing – it partners with local faith groups, not-for profit organisations, and residents of Orange County, to build networks of support. This wrap-around care offers people transitioning out of homelessness the opportunity to regain a sense of stability in their lives, and to live with dignity, surrounded by community.”

NEW DATE: We’re officially rescheduled! Join us next Saturday to participate in Chapelboro’s House Us Now march, where we’ll march from the Strayhorn House* on Jones Ferry to Baldwin Park on behalf of the low, fixed, and no income members in our community in need of safe, dignified housing. Volunteers interested in making signs, registering voters, or recruiting PWH supporters should reach out to info@peeweehomes.org Gatherings like this are responsible for the kind of solidarity, outreach, and collective action that has allowed Pee Wee Homes to operate and grow into what it is now, so join us🏡📢👟 *Please do not park in front of the Strayhorn House! Parking is available at Missions on Main, IFC Commons, or any other public lot in Carrboro.

We want to take the time to thank the Coastal Credit Union Foundation as well as every single volunteer who voted for Pee Wee Homes in autumn’s Champions for Change competition! Because of you all, we were able to put an extra $5,000 toward our residents (including our 2 newest neighbors)💰🏠 Shout-out to our close personal friends, EMPOWERment, Inc, and shoutout to Coastal Foundation for putting money back into affordable housing and our community🤍 BONUS plug for our student volunteers: apply for their upcoming scholarships today! #GrantGivingTuesday #AffordableHousing #CoastalFoundation

Evictions have risen to their highest rate in 13 years, and it’s believed housing costs are to blame. Link in bio! https://share.newsbreak.com/gg4gw588?s=i16

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