Coast to Coast Côte à Côte
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Please come support Jack and Charlotte as they travel across the country to spread awareness for affordable housing.
As this trip is funded out-of-pocket, donations are greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much for your generosity. With your help, we will effectively show that there are creative solutions to the affordable housing crisis.
As we want to be as transparent as possible during the course of the journey, we set up a budget sheet you can see here .
Please note that any donations we do not use over the course of our service will be donated to the homeless shelter called Allied Churches of Alamance County in Burlington, North Carolina, providing food for those in need.
The affordable housing problem in America is a primary reason people are plagued by homelessness. This is why Charlotte Robin and Jack Pasi are challenging the status quo by driving around the country, 11,000 miles in total; in a 48-square-foot tiny home towed by a 2005 Honda Pilot showing people there are creative solutions for housing.
This tiny home, called MOBii, has all the functions of a regular home, but it only cost about $3,000 to build and can be towed by practically any car with a hitch. MOBii came to fruition in the Spring of 2015 when a class of environmental students at Elon University created an experimental design to see how small of a space two people could live in. Professor Robert Charest of Elon University wanted to challenge the standard home size in America of 2,500 square feet, to a much smaller footprint.
This trip will manifest the idea that affordable housing can be possible for everyone. It promotes a paradigm shift in the way we view housing as an imperative in addressing homelessness. At each stop along our trip, we intend to spread social awareness about this problem in hopes that it will get the conversation started about affordable housing. Showing people across the country that two of people can live in a space smaller than most people’s rooms demonstrates that affordable housing shouldn’t be a factor causing families to fade into homelessness.
Between now and the date of departure, Jack along with the guidance of Professor Robert Charest, will be finishing up the final touches on MOBii to make sure it is travel ready.
You can follow the final construction of MOBii and the full cross-country road trip on our blog at:
CoastToCote.weebly.com
Email: [email redacted]
Instagram: @CoastToCote
As this trip is funded out-of-pocket, donations are greatly appreciated.
Thank you very much for your generosity. With your help, we will effectively show that there are creative solutions to the affordable housing crisis.
As we want to be as transparent as possible during the course of the journey, we set up a budget sheet you can see here .
Please note that any donations we do not use over the course of our service will be donated to the homeless shelter called Allied Churches of Alamance County in Burlington, North Carolina, providing food for those in need.
The affordable housing problem in America is a primary reason people are plagued by homelessness. This is why Charlotte Robin and Jack Pasi are challenging the status quo by driving around the country, 11,000 miles in total; in a 48-square-foot tiny home towed by a 2005 Honda Pilot showing people there are creative solutions for housing.
This tiny home, called MOBii, has all the functions of a regular home, but it only cost about $3,000 to build and can be towed by practically any car with a hitch. MOBii came to fruition in the Spring of 2015 when a class of environmental students at Elon University created an experimental design to see how small of a space two people could live in. Professor Robert Charest of Elon University wanted to challenge the standard home size in America of 2,500 square feet, to a much smaller footprint.
This trip will manifest the idea that affordable housing can be possible for everyone. It promotes a paradigm shift in the way we view housing as an imperative in addressing homelessness. At each stop along our trip, we intend to spread social awareness about this problem in hopes that it will get the conversation started about affordable housing. Showing people across the country that two of people can live in a space smaller than most people’s rooms demonstrates that affordable housing shouldn’t be a factor causing families to fade into homelessness.
Between now and the date of departure, Jack along with the guidance of Professor Robert Charest, will be finishing up the final touches on MOBii to make sure it is travel ready.
You can follow the final construction of MOBii and the full cross-country road trip on our blog at:
CoastToCote.weebly.com
Email: [email redacted]
Instagram: @CoastToCote
Organizer
Jack Pasi
Organizer
Exeter, NH
