College students today often graduate with a heavy burden of debt into a world with limited economic opportunities. Akili and Ashlee Kelly were aware that many young people were leaving the Jackson, Mississippi area due to a lack of affordable housing, taking with them knowledge and skills vital to the city. Meanwhile they saw thousands of abandoned, dilapidated houses there going to waste. In 2016 the couple purchased land in the University Park neighborhood and started Tiny JXN, Jackson's first tiny home community. Their dream is to help people purchase homes who would not normally be able to, enabling them to give back to their communities in their own way, continuing the positive cycle.