BEND, Oregon — Washington Examiner visited Veterans Village, where 15 tiny homes have been built to help homeless veterans get their lives back. The organizers made a point to lead with a sense of community.
We spoke with one resident, John Steel, who said he has been homeless and isolated for 12 years. “Even before I became homeless, I was a recluse.” Now, Steel is cracking jokes with reporters and is more than confident to speak on camera. He attributes this to his seven months in the Veterans Village. “My interactions with people was just zilch. So, this is forcing me to build my social skills.”
“We want them socializing, kind of reintegrating with others because several of our guys have isolated for years,” said Nieradka. “That socializing and integration, with all of our vets here, promotes that sense of community, camaraderie that we once had in the military. It’s working out really good for us.”Cheri Helt helped push the construction of this neighborhood of 15 homes through legislation. This whole project started before COVID while Helt was in the state legislature.
“This project was really all about working together as a community and putting our energy into the solutions of fixing homelessness,” Helt said.When COVID hit, the project almost came to a halt. “When we were building these homes, the problem we ran up against was a labor shortage. We didn’t have skilled carpenters that we could hire to build them,” Helt said. “We reached into the community and got all kinds of volunteers to come help.
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