'Tiny homes' offer homeless temporary stability as they search for their 'forever home'

Barring another last-minute snafu, Thanksgiving was Steve LeBerth’s last holiday in a tiny home.

No, not those well-decorated teeny luxury micro homes for hipsters or those “in-laws” situated behind bigger houses, or those cozy spaces for vacationers who want to get away from everything. 

No, these are tighter spaces. They range from 60- to 300-square-foot structures offering free shelter for thousands of homeless people like LeBerth, who lives in Seattle, which has created a national model for tiny-home communities that cities like Denver and Oakland, California, are trying to emulate.

An admitted “hard-luck” U.S. veteran who's a demolition worker and a recovering cocaine addict, LeBerth has lived in a truck and a tent encampment.