Meet the Founder

Hey, I'm Dusty!

Conscious Housing combines the thing I love most in the world—building deeply connected communities—with the affordability and sustainability of tiny homes, something I learned firsthand when I built my own.

My journey with community started at UMass Amherst, where I was first exposed to a truly meaningful, authentic, and spiritual way of living. That experience changed my life. It opened my heart and mind and gave me the kind of deep friendships I had never known before.

Years later, during the pandemic, I felt my life’s calling for the first time. I had just moved to Boston, and the city felt cold—not just in climate, but in demeanor. People weren’t looking at each other. They were afraid of each other. The world felt disconnected, and I hated it. At the time, I was working a job I couldn’t stand, so I made a choice—I quit and started Connected City Social Club, a company designed to make the world friendlier, more open, and more connected. We hosted meditations, drum circles, live music, beach volleyball—each and every event built around the common theme of bringing people together. And it worked. When I saw that look in people’s eyes—the moment they felt truly connected, truly seen—I knew without a doubt that bringing people together was my purpose on earth.

I later co-founded a non-profit called Collective Effervescence, which hosted the same kinds of community events. But as the years passed, I realized I needed to make a bigger impact than just my local Boston community—I needed a way to fund building larger-scale communities. So I looked at what people spend most of their money on: housing. At the same time, I was becoming more aware of how much I was spending on my own housing, and I didn’t like my living situation. So I decided to build a mobile tiny home. I wanted more affordable living, more freedom, and a more sustainable way of life—and I got all of it. Seeing how much it improved my life, I knew it could do the same for others. I could make housing more affordable for people while at the same time funding real community. And that’s when Conscious Housing was born.

Conscious Housing provides affordable and sustainable housing, but at its core, it’s about something much deeper. It’s about bringing people together, helping them find each other, and creating happier, healthier lives. And that’s what this world needs. So anyways, thanks for being here, and I hope to see you in one of our communities sometime soon.

Dusty