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Stephanie Sena: From Tiny Houses to Cozy Cottages

Season 1, Ep. 30

Could tiny houses and small pre-fabricated dwellings be a solution to expanding the availability of affordable housing in Philadelphia? Stephanie Sena, founder of the Student-Run Emergency Housing Unit of Philadelphia (SREHUP), a nonprofit that works with university students to provide shelter for homeless people, will be our guest to talk about tiny house development.


In this episode, Stephanie talks about her affordable housing solutions and about the development of “cozy cottages” on a formerly vacant lot in Port Richmond section of Philadelphia.

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