Where your capital goes
Land and capital are our biggest blockers right now to scaling this vision. We've spent over a decade building this model and living inside it. This isn't a pipe dream. It's already happening.
Land and capital are our biggest blockers right now to scaling this vision. We've spent over a decade building this model and living inside it. This isn't a pipe dream. It's already happening.
Each step needs a different kind of partner
Landowners and donors
Donate, sell, or partner on a parcel. Once it joins the trust, it stays community-held for good.
Lenders, CDFIs, grantmakers
Predevelopment and site financing for permits, utilities, and lot work, about $40,000 per lot in our example.
Home lenders and builders
Financing and supply for park-model homes, about $90,000 each, repaid through resident purchases and rent.
Housing nonprofits and operators
Operate a finished community backed by steady, cost-based land-lease income.
2015
we founded one of the longest-running tiny home communities in Oakland, and have been building and running them ever since.
2021
Oakland revised its blight and zoning codes to create a permitted path, after the organizing our community helped drive.
2026
Our founder Adam Garrett-Clark's sister org Tiny Logic will complete the first version of this concept in West Oakland when residents move in. Construction completed in 2026.
We'll answer questions, walk you through the numbers, and show you the sites we're working on. Have an idea that doesn't fit a step? We want to hear that too.
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