How groups are using tiny homes to help the unhoused across the country

(InvestigateTV) — A record number of people are considered unhoused in the United States.

A federal report released in 2023 found more than 653,000 were experiencing homelessness, a more than 12% increase since the previous year.

The National Alliance to End Homelessness says every night more than 300,000 men, women, and children stay in homeless shelters.

Of that number, 40% are unsheltered, meaning they sleep somewhere like a tent or a car.

Advocates say often people without homes avoid traditional shelters because of a lack of privacy.

Reporter John Snell shows us how one group is providing that sense of privacy and dignity with tiny homes.

Click here to read about another group in Kansas City helping unhoused veterans. Veterans Village is a community made up of more than two dozen tiny homes. The nonprofit houses veterans free of charge and without a deadline to move out.