From www.globalcitizen.org - September 3, 2017 8:46 AM
Fourth and fifth grade students in Los Angeles have graduated from playing house to building houses.
For over a year, children ages 9-11 from a local charter school in Santa Clarita have sawed wood, installed floors, and constructed plywood walls of several 28-by-8-foot houses. Local resident and tiny-house builder Elvis Summers leads the building program and teaches the schoolkids how to safely use the tools.
Although the one-room homes on wheels are legally considered recreational vehicles, the children and Summers are building them for an inspiring purpose: to provide homes for their city’s homeless population.