A Lee Dog Story

Homes for Hearts and Tiny Homes

Homes for Hearts was formed as a result of the Memphis 3.0 plan, which was directed by Mayor Jim Strickland to recommend “Building Up, Not Out”. Core focus areas of the Memphis 3.0 plan are connectivity, sustainability, livability, and opportunity. Homes for Hearts will be such a place.

Homes for Hearts has aligned eight of the eight "Goals" defined in the Memphis’ 3.0 Plan, with 117 "Objective Actions” that we can help Memphis achieve.

At A Lee Dog Story and Homes for Hearts, we believe that Tiny Homes and Cottage Courts are the solution to Memphis' affordable housing crisis.

Tiny homes are the cheapest, most sustainable, and most ecologically friendly solution to creating permanent, affordable housing in various neighborhoods in Memphis.

Cottage Courts can provide our residents and city connectivity, sustainability, livability, and opportunity, and pave the way towards home ownership.

Beloved Community

Beloved community means believing in justice and equal opportunity while always committing to show love to fellow human beings. Each of our Tiny Home Developments will be anchored by the establishment of a beloved community, made up of the residents and the surrounding neighborhood.

Dignity

Personal and communal dignity are at the very foundation of human rights, and are inextricably linked to the principles of equality and non-discrimination. At A Lee Dog Story, we are committed to promoting the dignity of every individual and every community we engage with.

Affordable, Sustainable Housing

We are committed to establishing affordable, sustainable housing to ensure that the neighborhoods we work in are revitalized, not gentrified.

Storytelling through Art

It is our belief that art has the tremendous power to change the hearts and minds of individuals and communities everywhere. We will seek to tell the story of those experiencing homelessness and their path to recovery through art and film.

Through the form of a TV docuseries and with the help of a National Media Network, A Lee Dog Story aims to help raise national awareness of some of the causes and effects surrounding homelessness, helping create a new paradigm on poverty and homelessness.

By connecting with our audience, we hope our TV Series will push viewers to think more openly, and challenge themselves to see the world from a different viewpoint. We believe that by bringing the world together to share these stories of homelessness and a community uniting, it will help make us more tolerant of difference and of one another.

Memphis Art Prints

At A Lee Dog Story, we believe that art is incredibly powerful and helps to connect and celebrate community, showcase values, and embrace the humanity of all people. In order to change the current paradigm on homelessness in Memphis and around the country, A Lee Dog Story and Homes for Hearts will come together as a community to learn more about the humanity of those experiencing homelessness through a variety of artistic mediums.

A Lee Dog Story is collaborating with different artists from around the world to create a series of art prints inspired by our nonprofit organization, A Lee Dog Story.

Exclusive, original and affordable art prints by nationally recognized artists will be released on our website, with 100% proceeds going to our 501(c)(3) tax exempt nonprofit organization, A Lee Dog Story.

All Donations to A Lee Dog Story are TAX DEDUCTIBLE 501(c)(3), nonprofit Organization ** EIN : 83 - 1297137

www.aleedogstory.org

*Homes for Hearts is a nonprofit organization in the process of acquiring 501(c)(3) status.

https://homesforhearts.org/