Shirley and Emuel Benton stand in front of the tarpaper shack they and their five children constructed in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 25, 1980. The Bentons, who were evicted from the housing project across the street after Emuel had to go on disability, lived in their station wagon while building their tiny home.

Shirley and Emuel Benton stand in front of the tarpaper shack they and their five children constructed in the Fort Greene section of Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 25, 1980. The Bentons, who were evicted from the housing project across the street after Emuel had to go on disability, lived in their station wagon while building their tiny home.