When Marcel LeBrun built his first tiny home in his backyard two years ago, he didn't set out to make a name for himself.
Instead, he set out to make 12 Neighboursa tiny-home community in New Brunswick, Canada"a dignified, affordable tiny home community," according to a press release from Thomas University, where LeBrun will receive an honorary degree this spring.
The idea for 12 Neighbours came to LeBrun after his company, Radian6, was acquired by Salesforce.com.
The Salesforce.com executive invested his own money into the tiny-home community, which currently has 99 homes on a 24-hectare plot of land, all of which have a full kitchen, living room, bedroom, and full bathroom, as well as a small deck and solar panels, per the press release.
12 Neighbours provides counseling, training, and other services for residents, as well as a social enterprise center that trains businesses to help people overcome employment barriers, the release notes.
As for Madhu Verma, who became a child refugee from India during the 1947 partition of Pakistan, the press release notes she "remains at the forefront of organizations like the Madhu Verma Migrant Justice Center that refuse to allow the mistreatment of people who simply want Read the Entire Article
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