In This All-Women Tiny Home Neighborhood, Rent Starts At $450. Residents Want It To Be A Nationwide Blueprint
In This All-Women Tiny Home Neighborhood, Rent Starts At $450. Residents Want It To Be A Nationwide Blueprint
In This All-Women Tiny Home Neighborhood, Rent Starts At $450. Residents Want It To Be A Nationwide Blueprint Robyn Yerian, 70, used to live in a two-bedroom tiny home that cost just $57,000. In 2022, she was yearning for more connection — as well as some “passive income.” So she took some money from her retirement savings, bought a 5-acre plot of land in Cumby, Texas, and is now the landlord and community leader of The Bird’s Nest, an all-women tiny home neighborhood home to 11 women ages 60 to 80. An aerial view of The Bird's Nest. Photo courtesy of The Bird's Nest/Facebook Yerian spent about $150,000 in total to develop the property, and now there are 14 10-by-30-foot concrete pads, which are rented out to tenants at $450 a month. Here, they can put their R.V. homes or build their own tiny homes on their respective plot of land. It’s a pretty sweet deal. 11 women live there now, with just one opening available. “I've got about 500 people who want my last spot,” Yerian told Re…