Hamlet Homes completes final Phase One tiny homes in Salt Lake City

Hamlet Homes finished the final two tiny homes in Phase One of The Other Side Village, bringing the Salt Lake City project’s first phase to 60 homes and an official completion. A ribbon-cutting and celebration was set for June 24 at 12:30 p.m. at the village, with residents, HomeAid Utah board members, leadership from The Other Side Village and Hamlet Homes staff expected on site.

The milestone matters because The Other Side Village is not being built as a simple pocket of tiny houses. The village describes itself as a master-planned, therapeutic community in Salt Lake City that provides permanent housing and a highly supportive environment for people transitioning out of chronic homelessness. The first six residents moved into their tiny homes on December 30, 2024, and by February 2026 the community had nearly 60 single-person homes and was operating under a democratically run, neighbor-led model with accountability at the center.

That structure extends beyond the front doors of the homes. Residents already staff businesses such as The Other Side Donuts, and more resident-run operations are planned, turning the village into a place where work, daily routines and housing are tied together. The project’s backers have framed that mix of shelter and responsibility as part of the point: it is intended to help people who have lived through homelessness, addiction, mental illness or incarceration build a stable place in the community, not just land in temporary beds.

Hamlet Homes said most of its owners and executive staff personally helped build the final two homes, which gave the work a different feel than a standard commercial build. Preston Cochrane, the village’s CEO, and Hamlet owner and vice president of marketing and design Tami Ostmark both emphasized the human side of the effort, focusing on opportunity, relationships and purpose for residents.

The completion also lands in the middle of a much larger push. A separate HomeAid Utah and Fieldstone Homes duplex at the village was 85% donated in-kind and saved more than $200,000, and the village has already secured $30 million in donations for Phase 2 expansion, with plans for hundreds more units and additional facilities. With Phase One now closed out at 60 homes, the tiny-house build is no longer just a set of cabins on paper. It is a working neighborhood that has reached a visible and measurable stage.