For four years, The Tricycle Collective has partnered with United Community Housing Coalition to contribute money toward the purchase of homes in the tax foreclosure auction. We have traditionally donated $500 (the starting bid) for families with young children to help them buy the homes they already own in the auction. Each year this has […]

This is Samual’s story about his home on Lenox Street. Now The Tricycle Collective  purchased Sam’s home for him and his family for $500. After years of battling the slumlord who owned i…

Arleen is a no-nonsense woman with a softness towards children and a lot of dreams for herself and her house. Denise (Miss Niecy) lives across the street and it was her son who I left a note with t…

When I first saw Denise’s house, there were no tricycles but there were two children. They walked from one house, crossed the street, and entered another. I noticed with pain that both of those …

This is the story of Esters Family and their home, as told by Arquesha. The Tricycle Collective helped the Esters with their home back in auction for a selling price of $600, keeping the family trad…

Ruth lives alone in a large house on Lamothe Street. There are no tricycles in her yard and no children in her house, but when I heard her story I knew she had to be a part of The Tricycle Collective.…

This is the story of Katheryn and Cliffton Brooks and their home on Eureka Street. Katheryn is speaking for the most but Cliffton gets a few words in too. We successfully won the Brooks’ home in…