HUNTSVILLE – The Huntsville Community of Hope is working to build a residential community of tiny houses for those in the area who are chronically homeless and encourages the surrounding community to aid through a lifestyle of love and service.
Founder and Chief Goodness Officer of the Huntsville Community of Hope, Mandy Kilgore, said she has been serving those in Huntsville who are homeless since 2012 — she began working to meet needs through providing food and other necessities, then she moved to assist with transportation when camps closed.
“We stepped in to support during and after camp closures, we were helping people move by providing like trucks and trailers so that they can move their contents out in a dignified way, versus being rushed out,” she said. “I’ve probably been engaged with about four to five different camp closures throughout my service to the Huntsville community in the homeless sector. Then we started working with people who had housing vouchers. When they got their housing voucher they would move into an apartment. Again [there was a] disconnect of not having supportive services that could help them move into a specific place and or provide the goods and services they needed.”…