RBV’s Tiny Homes Have Windows. Now What?

Vista students are building two homes intended for veterans. Getting those homes off campus is the next chapter.

A high school project changes when the windows go in.

Suddenly, you can picture somebody standing inside.

At Rancho Buena Vista High School, students are working on two movable tiny homes through the Warrior Village Project. By May 2026, one had wall sheathing, a weather barrier and windows, according to the project’s construction update.

That is the satisfying part.

The less photogenic question: Where will the homes go?

A house does not become housing because the last student puts down a tool.

One House Has Windows. Both Have Work Left.

Warrior Village calls the homes RBV #1 and RBV #2.

Its May update says students had installed the wall sheathing, weather barrier and windows on RBV #2. A general contractor also spent several days helping students complete smaller jobs on the houses.

The plan was for returning students to tackle exterior trim and siding after summer break.

The plan.

The May report does not confirm that the siding has since been installed. It does show how this work moves from one school year to the next.

Seniors graduate.

The houses stay.

RBV began its construction program in September 2021, Warrior Village says. Work on its first movable tiny home started in September 2024.

Tiny homes, it turns out, are not built on a tiny schedule.

About That Student Count

The Vista Chamber of Commerce says up to 150 students per semester are working on the two homes.

Warrior Village reported that 141 students were enrolled in RBV construction classes during the 2025–26 school year.

Those figures are not competing head counts. They describe different things, at different times. Neither tells us exactly how many students personally worked on the houses.

The May report offered another window into the program: 17 seniors across the RBV and San Marcos High School construction classes planned to pursue careers in the building trades.

Planned is the right word. The report did not document where they found jobs.

Still, building an actual house gives students a fairly direct introduction to the work.

The wall either fits or it does not.

No multiple-choice answer required.

Then Comes the Handoff

Warrior Village says it builds movable homes for nonprofits to place with veterans.

The project has an earlier local example. San Marcos High School students built a cottage donated to Wounded Warrior Homes. It was installed at that nonprofit’s property in unincorporated Vista, where it serves as transitional housing.

RBV’s two movable homes are a separate project.

Warrior Village named Vista-based Solutions for Change as its intended recipient for four movable homes being built across RBV and San Marcos High. Solutions for Change’s CEO visited the San Marcos campus in May 2026 to check on progress, the project reported.

That is more than an unnamed hope.

It is not a completed handoff.

The records reviewed do not confirm that either RBV home is finished, has a final placement or is occupied.

The windows are in. The address is the next story.

Questions About RBV’s Tiny Homes:

How many homes are students building at RBV?

 The Vista Chamber says two.

Did 150 students build them?

That has not been verified. The Chamber says “up to 150” per semester.

What was completed on RBV #2 by May 2026?

Warrior Village reported installed wall sheathing, weather barrier and windows.

Who is expected to receive the homes?

Warrior Village named Solutions for Change as an intended recipient. A completed transfer has not been confirmed.