<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"><base></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><base class=""><div class="Apple-Mail-URLShareUserContentTopClass"><span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">Out of the </span><a href="http://occupymadisoninc.com/about/in-the-news-2/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(124, 71, 12); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class="">Occupy Madison</a><span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> protests a cool idea was hatched: </span><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/27/1265535/-A-98-square-foot-home-of-their-own" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(124, 71, 12); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class="">Building</a><span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> 98-square-foot homes for those without. The homes have a bed, kitchen, bathroom, storage and propane heat. Future residents </span><a href="http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/12/06/these-super-tiny-homes-were-built-homeless-homeless" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(124, 71, 12); text-decoration: none; font-weight: bold; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class="">take part</a><span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""> in building the homes.</span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class=""><blockquote style="margin: 1.2em 0px; padding: 20px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(246, 243, 236); border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(226, 226, 225); border-bottom-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(226, 226, 225); border-top-style: solid; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;" class="">The homes cost just $3,000 to construct, most of it funded by community donations. A revolving crew of volunteers provided the labor, including Betty Ybarra. Previously homeless, she now resides in the home she helped construct. “It’s exciting. I’ve never even owned my own house,” Ybarra told WMTV</blockquote></div><div class="Apple-Mail-URLShareUserContentTopClass">Link:</div><div class="Apple-Mail-URLShareWrapperClass" style="position: relative !important;"><blockquote type="cite" style="border-left-style: none; color: inherit; padding: inherit; margin: inherit;" class=""><a href="http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/18/1345740/-Tiny-home-village-for-homeless-opens-in-Wisconsin?detail=email" class="">http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/11/18/1345740/-Tiny-home-village-for-homeless-opens-in-Wisconsin?detail=email</a><br class=""></blockquote></div></body></html>