GREENSBORO, N.C. — A Greensboro organization is hoping for a Christmas miracle.
Tiny House Community Development Inc. said they're forced to move out of their headquarters.
On top of that, Executive Director Scott Jones said thieves stole nearly $3,000 worth of material from housing they're building for veterans.
"They went out and stole the front door off of a veterans house," Jones said. "And took all the siding outside that was being stored in it, loaded it into a truck, and took off with it."
This happened at the tiny house community development's Freeman Mill Road community in Greensboro.
Just after being targeted by the Christmas Grinch the nonprofit learned it could lose the facility they do most of their work in.
Jones said they must be out of their West Gate City Boulevard warehouse by Jan.15.
"You never want to receive a letter two days before Christmas that tells you you have to move your entire nonprofit out of the building," Jones said.
Jones said he got a letter from lawyers representing Battleground Management Group saying they're terminating their lease agreement.
Jones said the landlords want to increase the rent by $2,500 without making any repairs. Jones said repairs are greatly needed for structural improvements.
"The roof leaks across the building and it's destroyed all kinds of stuff," Jones said.
Moving out will greatly impact their workforce training program.
"Where we pay people who are experiencing homelessness a wage while they learn to recycle and build things like chicken coops and garden boxes we sell," Jones said.
The nonprofit is in the middle of its Greensboro project and just secured funding for a veterans housing community in High Point on Smith Street.
Six tiny homes and a community building were approved by the High Point City Council, but the unexpected move will push back work.
They'll spend the next two weeks moving everything into trailers.
"It's sad the things that are going on during the holidays," Jones said. "It's supposed to be something special and miracles and we are having the rig pulled out from underneath us."
WFMY News 2 reached out to the landlord to hear their side of what led to the lease being terminated. We're waiting to hear back.
In the mean time the non-profit is hoping for a holiday miracle that someone will step up and donate a space for them to use temporarily.