The document discusses the urgent issue of homelessness in Utah, emphasizing the need for affordable housing and support services. One Heart One Home, a non-profit initiative, aims to build tiny homes and communities for homeless families and individuals to foster self-reliance and stability. The organization plans to design and construct various micro-homes while collaborating with existing state services and charities to provide essential resources to vulnerable populations, including homeless veterans and children.

1. “For I had no shelter and you built me a home.”

2. What would you do if you lost your job today?
You might assume you could find another job, and you would have plenty of time to do so.
Yet studies indicate the average American lives only 3 months pay away from being homeless.
Do you have dependents, or do you depend on someone else for your monthly income?
One leading cause of homelessness is the loss of a loved one, aka the “bread winner”.
It’s difficult to find steady income, or affordable housing, when one lacks experience.

3. Utah offers a wide range of services to help with unemployment, homelessness, and related
issues. Yet these services are currently in danger:
Affordable housing is the long-term solution, according to The Road Home’s Executive Director.
My non-profit company, One Heart One Home, aims to build tiny houses and tiny home
communities designed to lift unfortunate victims back to their feet.

4. One Heart One Home plans to target homeless families and individuals, as well as those
classified as recently homeless who are still in need of affordable, long-term housing.
We will join with existing state services and charities in offering “Housing First” assistance to
those who we believe can and will succeed given the right opportunities.

5. This includes homeless vets in need of trauma
counseling; we will work to connect them
with current resources, so they can find the
support required to more effectively cope
and function. In 2016, the State of Utah
identified 335 homeless vets.
This also includes children, as they are often the silent victims of homelessness here in Utah.
Studies done in the State of Utah have revealed a high number of homeless children under the
age of 5 and an increasing number of homeless school-age children.

6. One Heart One Home plans to stay local to Utah. There is more than enough work to be done.
We hope to assist 6 families, or in other words, built 6 homes within the next 2 years.
Our 5-year goal is to increase this outreach to 12 homes and at least one fully built and
operating tiny home community. This community will provide land for the tiny homes, easier
access to needed services, and to public utilities.
It will also include playgrounds, a community garden, and most importantly, a culture of
helping, learning, and working with neighbors who understand and are willing to give back.

7. FLOOR PLANS & PROTOTYPES
The Bitsy Bungalow is a 6’ x 12’ micro home built on skids. The design is based around a
murphy, or wall, bed. This bed is queen-sized; large enough for a couple. It folds up against the
wall during the daytime, revealing bench style seating and plentiful storage underneath. At
night, it folds back down into a comfortable sleeping area.
BITSY BUNGALOW

8. The Pocket Nook, our second design, is an 8’ by 14’ tiny home. It features a bedroom with a
queen-sized bed separated from the living space with a wall / built-in book shelf. The kitchen is
the smallest, but still has room for a compact refrigerator, a cooktop, and sink with
countertops. This home is designed for a family, as it is designed to include a loveseat (facing
towards a wall mounted TV) that folds into a twin bed at night.
POCKET NOOK

9. Our 3rd
design is called simply “The Dorm” as it has a very college-dorm feel to it. It has the
largest kitchen with room for full-sized appliances, which is placed beside the bed. Over this
area is a loft that can be used a study or a 2nd
bedroom. The living room is at the front of house,
allowing for one to entertain guests and open up to the outside, without exposing one’s
personal space.
These floor plans are all being reviewed by our mentors from Layton Construction, and turned
into 3D printable models.
THE DORM

10. You may notice that none of these homes includes a bathroom. This is a part of our overall plan
to build these in conjunction with a tiny home community, and to overall build safe, secure, yet
very inexpensive and spacious housing.
Each tiny home community will have public restrooms with individual locking showers, and
laundry rooms for the residents. This will be built as a permeant structure, that stays with the
property.
While in contrast, each tiny home will belong to the individual or family to whom it is gifted.
These “homeless” will now be “home owners”, free to move their homes with them, when they
relocate, or even re-sell the home back to us, when they decide to move away.
This is important to us, as we believe it is important to increasing self-worth and self-reliance,
as well as, giving residents the motivation to upkeep their property and truly value their
neighborhood.