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NEW DATE: We’re officially rescheduled! Join us next Saturday to participate in Chapelboro’s House Us Now march, where we’ll march from the Strayhorn House* on Jones Ferry to Baldwin Park on behalf of the low, fixed, and no income members in our community in need of safe, dignified housing. Volunteers interested in making signs, registering voters, or recruiting PWH supporters should reach out to info@peeweehomes.org Gatherings like this are responsible for the kind of solidarity, outreach, and collective action that has allowed Pee Wee Homes to operate and grow into what it is now, so join us🏡📢👟 *Please do not park in front of the Strayhorn House! Parking is available at Missions on Main, IFC Commons, or any other public lot in Carrboro.

We got to celebrate one of our most loyal and most sensational volunteers in style with the TNVLC recently, and while we may be biased, we think our leaders clean up as well as they work! Our endless gratitude to David Lyles and all the other volunteers that make the work of Pee Wee Homes possible 🤍🧡

Looking back at all the hard work of folks who have made our successes possible, and looking forward to the potential partnerships that will help us meet our new goals! Thank you to everyone who joined us last weekend for our Outstanding Supporter Celebration, and for all you’ve done for Pee Wee Homes! The fight for affordable housing isn’t over, but it sure is easier with such awesome folks by our side 🧡🏠 #20by2030 #raisemoreroofs #affordablehousing #trianglenc

Reminder that the Resident Support Committee will be conducting Care Team training tomorrow from 10am-1pm for all current/interested members of Care/Support Teams. If you’re curious, come join us!🧡🤲🏽

What’s summer without a lil artistry?🎨☕️

EDIT: The House Us Now March has been cancelled due to inclement weather. Check back later for updates about new plans! THIS Saturday, July 25th, we want to invite YOU (yes, you!) to participate in Chapelboro’s House Us Now march, where we’ll march from the Strayhorn House* on Jones Ferry to Baldwin Park on behalf of the low, fixed, and no income members in our community in need of safe, dignified housing. Volunteers interested in making signs, registering voters, or recruiting PWH supporters should reach out to commsadmin@peeweehomes.org Gatherings like this are responsible for the kind of solidarity, outreach, and collective action that has allowed Pee Wee Homes to operate and grow into what it is now, so join us🏡📢👟 *Please do not park in front of the Strayhorn House! Parking is available at Missions on Main, IFC Commons, or any other public lot in Carrboro.

This upcoming Monday, we want to see YOU at our virtual volunteer orientation from 5-6:30PM! Link in RSVP, which you can find in our bio 🤩

An action-packed month in review!😮‍💨⚡️ In June, we enjoyed family fun with our Baldwin Park community, final-resident-move-in with our volunteer community, financial advising with our Pinnacle Bank community, future planning with our Town of Carrboro community, fellowship (convention style) with our Triangle housing partner community, and even some feline company with our Church of the Advocate community! There’s so much to do and so much to celebrate this summer, and we look forward to even more folks joining us in July 🤩🧡 #raisemoreroofs

We know where we’ll be on July 25th— do you? 🏠🪧

2 weeks ago, we got to attend an amazing conference from the Triangle Community Foundation and are still reeling from the joy and hope of being in community with countless other affordable housing allies! Shout out to all those across the Triangle raising more roofs and doing good for the people under them🏠 #raisemoreroofs #researchtriangle #affordablehousing

This week, we finished moving in our tenth resident, a Chapel Hill native who’s been waiting for a Pee Wee Home for over half a decade, and who’s ready to make these 4(ish)walls his very own🏠 Thanks to everyone who donated and came out in the heat to clean and move and welcome home Mr. Tony! #raisemoreroofs #raisetheroof #affordablehousing #trianglenc

And just like that, we’re ready for summer! Solar panels went up this weekend at our Broad/Hill St. homes and we couldn’t be more proud of our environmental makeover. Go figure— sustainability is always in season☀️

Happy Friday from our happy-weekend staff!

Already making plans for summer? Consider joining us for a day of community beautification! As always, volunteer signup link in our bio 🌸🌷

1/3 of the way into 2026 and it’s been treating us pretty sweet 🧡

We’ll be joining our neighbors on Friday, March 27th for the groundbreaking ceremony of Homestead Gardens!🤩 Homestead Gardens is a unique collaboration between four affordable housing nonprofit partners — Self-Help Ventures Fund, CASA, Community Home Trust, and Habitat for Humanity of Orange County, NC — and the Town of Chapel Hill to provide a one-of-a-kind, 100% affordable residential community. The project includes 87 units in a mix of supportive housing apartments and townhomes that provide opportunities for rental and homeownership in a variety of sizes, serving incomes from below 30% of Area Median Income up to 115% of Area Median Income. Now that’s something to celebrate!

We’re looking forward to celebrating our awesome nonprofit partners in crime and fellow Champions of Change this afternoon at City Hall!

Reminiscing on our most recent move in day as our resident support team gathers to discuss a new season of community!

So very many thanks to the Oak Foundation for featuring us in their latest article! Click the link in our bio to read the full thing: “Across Orange County in North Carolina, a group of neighbours came together with a shared vision: to create affordable, tiny homes for, and with, people transitioning out of homelessness. Inspired by the tiny house movement, they saw the potential of small, efficient spaces to offer independence and sustainability – all within reach of people with fixed incomes, as well as older residents and people earning minimum wage. Their vision became Pee Wee Homes – a local initiative that sought to respond to the shortage of affordable housing in Orange County. These small independent houses range from 24 to 37 square metres in size (approximately 260 to 400 square feet) and are built out of sustainably sourced materials. Nestled throughout the neighbourhood on small lots of available land, they are creatively designed to maximise space. The organisation’s name honours Nathaniel “Pee Wee” Lee, a skilled brick mason who, although he had helped construct Chapel Hill several decades ago, ironically had nowhere to live himself. Following a stroke in 1995, he temporarily lost the ability to walk and speak, and was unable to work. He experienced homelessness for most of a decade. Only in later years, Pee Wee found stability in a studio apartment – one of the very few affordable homes in the community on his fixed income of USD 750 per month. Although Pee Wee passed away in August 2025, his memory lives on. “Pee Wee’s legacy lives on in every new home we build, resident we support, and in each donation, volunteer, and life transformed through our work,” says Alyssa Pacheco, administrative and communications specialist from Pee Wee Homes. And today, Pee Wee Homes offers much more than housing – it partners with local faith groups, not-for profit organisations, and residents of Orange County, to build networks of support. This wrap-around care offers people transitioning out of homelessness the opportunity to regain a sense of stability in their lives, and to live with dignity, surrounded by community.”

It’s because of volunteers, donors, and supporters like you that we were able to get our new residents into their new homes just in time for NC’s back-to-back ice storms— so as a thank you for helping us spread some metaphorical and literal warmth, enjoy this Behind the Scenes footage of one of our new residents getting her first look at her tiny home 🥰🏡

We want to take the time to thank the Coastal Credit Union Foundation as well as every single volunteer who voted for Pee Wee Homes in autumn’s Champions for Change competition! Because of you all, we were able to put an extra $5,000 toward our residents (including our 2 newest neighbors)💰🏠 Shout-out to our close personal friends, EMPOWERment, Inc, and shoutout to Coastal Foundation for putting money back into affordable housing and our community🤍 BONUS plug for our student volunteers: apply for their upcoming scholarships today! #GrantGivingTuesday #AffordableHousing #CoastalFoundation

One thing about the beat…..it goes on!🧡 Many thanks to UNC and its amazing health system and workers for allowing us to share and learn about social determinants of health and community resources 🩺

Happy MLK Day of Service— from our volunteers to yours!🥰 🤍 #mlkdayofservice

We are overwhelmed and deeply humbled by the generosity of our community and our Annual Fall Campaign donors in 2025🤍 It’s because of this generosity that we were able to meet ALL but ONE of our goals for the year, a feat that we are, no less, absurdly proud of (though it’s still not too late to become a monthly donor)! We sported over 100 individual donors to make this campaign possible, which means our homes may be tiny, but our neighborhood and its heart is HUGE! 🪩 🧡🏠

Still overflowing with Christmas cheer and not sure where to put it? Look no further! We’re asking our Chapelboro community for assistance to help us gather donations for our new residents AND move them in this January! Go to our bio and sign up to donate some welcome home items and/or move in residents on MLK weekend 🩷

Happy New Year from our little Pee Wee Homes gang— both present (2025) and future (2026)!

Evictions have risen to their highest rate in 13 years, and it’s believed housing costs are to blame. Link in bio! https://share.newsbreak.com/gg4gw588?s=i16

This Sunday, OCPEH will hold a memorial in honor of the neighbors we’ve lost this year. Any and all are invited. Through community, we remember, we heal, and we look toward a brighter future. 🤍

We want to give our most sincere thanks to everyone who gave us a vote in the Champions of Change competition, and our most sincerest thanks to Coastal Credit Union Foundation for this grant that will help make these holidays very happy for our Pee Wee community🧡 A reminder our annual campaign is still ongoing— and what a generous way to spend this season💸

Situation Room? Even better! A few weeks ago, we had the opportunity to sit down with Chapel Hill’s Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Cohort (along with some of our buddies!) to discuss the state of local affordable housing initiatives. This time of year, we’re reminded of all we’re working toward, and the fact that we’re not working toward it alone!🤍🏠 #gustoimpactawards

On this Giving Tuesday, we’re reminded that if there’s one thing our Pee Wee community knows, it’s how to give back. Our fall campaign is happening right now, and your donations take countless forms— household items and heartfelt memorial saplings, hours of glamorous and not-so-glamorous volunteerism and labor, financial contributions and community organization, reposts and recruitment, or even just a moment of fellowship. For any all ways you may choose to give today or tomorrow or the next day, Pee Wee Homes thanks you 🧡

This Sunday from 10:30-1:30, we’re calling all volunteers— whether you have a green thumb or not! We’re looking to spruce up some residences, and we want you to join! Sign up in bio🩵

Cold weather shelters in the coming season— with care from the Orange County Partnership to End Homelessness!🧡

“Our culture insists on righteous individuality, but Pee Wee, in his stubborn way, rejected this🏠” Last weekend, we honored and celebrated the close of Pee Wee’s course on this Earth. Thank you to everyone who joined us and filled that course with such hope and joy. To Pee Wee, we wish now only the most blessed rest to his labor, and for the strength to continue that labor with open hearts and homes🧡

TOMORROW is the deadline to cast your vote! Take the time to make a difference (only 2 minutes of your time, that is!) 🧡☺️

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