The Rosette Neighborhood Village is a transitional housing micro-neighborhood located in the back yard of the Amistad House of Hospitality in New Haven.
Hundreds of people donated their time and resources to assemble the first 6 tiny homes in October, 2023.
This community of hope receives no government funding and is entirely operated through charitable giving.
FAST FACTS
This year in New Haven,
more people are becoming homeless and they need help
68%
Increase in homelessness
536
People without housing
207
People living unsheltered
We believe that all people experiencing homelessness deserve dignity, safety, and access to community. Providing these basics to unhoused people affirms their humanity, improves their health and wellbeing, and establishes a foundation from which they can seek permanent housing.
Moses Bunn Goes Home
On October 1st 2023, Connecticut's House Bill 6601 came into effect, declaring that homelessness is a public health crisis.
Rosette residents finally received electricity to heat their tiny homes on January 15th ... but on July 18th, during a heatwave,
the city cut the power. Now it's winter and the city refuses to turn on the heat. Why?
National Health Care for the Homeless Council reports:
Continuous displacement, especially with disrupted services, leads to devastating outcomes.
151%
Increase in Overdose Mortality
11%
Reduction in Life Expectancy
50%
increase in Hospitalizations
A retrospective analysis of temporary housing in the US reveals that the average cost per year, per unit of other forms of assistance is
what our village model costs.
>3x
The tiny houses are ​“a safe place, a safe start, somewhere secure that you can actually lock and call your own, a place where we can start to build our lives again… to wake up every day and go to work.”
Suki Godet, backyard neighbor speaking about the Rosette Neighborhood Village