Alex Alois joins The Furni­ture Society as our Local Resi­dent Fellow in Syra­cuse. Alex comes to us from our commu­nity partner, A Tiny Home For Good, a nonprofit with the mission to end home­less­ness in Syra­cuse, where he works as a main­te­nance special­ist ensur­ing tenants feel safe, comfort­able, and supported in their homes. His role keeps him closely connected to the organization’s mission, and he contin­ues to build rela­tion­ships and pursue work that strength­ens commu­ni­ties, supports indi­vid­u­als, and improves places people live. His inter­est in build­ing and craft began in 2019 when he converted a mini school bus into a camper — design­ing and build­ing every­thing himself, from cabi­nets and shelv­ing to a custom-fit bed. That project sparked his hands-on curios­ity and appre­ci­a­tion for thought­ful, func­tional spaces. As the Local Resi­dent Fellow, Alex will now serve as the liaison for this collab­o­ra­tive project with Syra­cuse Univer­sity, helping guide the devel­op­ment of a simple, afford­able dresser that can be built on-site, built to last, and built with inten­tion — with the goal of having it become a mean­ing­ful, every­day part of every tiny home for good.

A Tiny Home for Good is a Syra­cuse-based non-profit that provides safe, afford­able, and digni­fied housing solu­tions for people facing homelessness.