Gwendolyn Hooker is building tiny homes to provide affordable housing for people with criminal backgrounds and substance-abuse histories after seeing many clients repeatedly denied by landlords.
A look at the Kalamazoo native’s larger vision to create multiple tiny home “hubs” is one of five “must-read” stories from MLive over the weekend.
How tiny homes became one woman’s answer to housing rejection
Hooker’s work is rooted in personal experience: she was formerly incarcerated and has been in recovery for nearly 17 years.
She said she understands firsthand the discrimination and barriers people face when trying to secure housing after incarceration. The project currently includes three completed tiny homes on Kalamazoo’s Northside…