About a year after a team of Fresno State construction management students was tasked with designing and building a temporary home to help raise awareness of homelessness in the Valley, their 100-square-foot prototype will be presented to the Poverello House for use in the community.

“This is a great opportunity to provide our homeless clients a unique, innovative living environment while receiving life changing services at Poverello House,” said Cruz Avila, chief executive officer of Poverello House. “We are so grateful that so many different members of our community came together to design and build a structure to shelter our homeless population. The time, treasure and talents that people used to build this project is a testament to our homeless community that we care about them and their situation. These people and students who dedicated their time on this project are dedicated to bringing positive change in our community.”

The prototype was presented to the Poverello House on Feb. 21.

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