Café That Hires and Feeds the Homeless Has Just Built a Village for Their Rough Sleeping Employees

Author: McKinley Corbley / Source: Good News Network

A sandwich restaurant chain that hires homeless people has gone one step further for their rough sleeping employees by building them their own tiny house eco-village.

Starting next month, the village’s 11 portable, eco-friendly houses will host up to 20 homeless people for 12 to 16 months.

During their stay in the village, the residents will be given essential training, education, job resources, and transitional support until they can finally be helped into permanent housing at the end of their stay. Then, another 20 residents can move in for their own transition.

The village was built by Social Bite: a Scottish café and charity that has been training and hiring the homeless to work in their 6 locations across Edinburgh. In addition to 100% of their restaurant proceeds…

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