but according to deacon caleb pickering, with laws criminalizing sleeping in public spaces it was time more. >> somebody that had been here a good bit needed a safer place to camp so they asked if they could set up a tent behind that. >> behind that storage thing? >> storage container. >> what started as one tent quickly became 30 and the sanctuary was born. a few years later reverend jeff carr stumbled upon the green street church. >> i see this fence it says the sanctuary and i says what is that? i got out of my car and i saw a yard full of tents and i said wow this is it. >> carr says he knew he was meant to partner with green street to fulfill a dream born out of personal experience. the loss of his home during the mortgage crisis. >> my mother-in-law let us stay in her attic, two rooms, three people, baby on the way. and i just felt robbed of all my dignity and i said if i ever got out of that situation i would do whatever i could to make sure that if somebody else was in need, they wouldn't have that feeling. >> carr offered to build six tiny homes for those living at green stree