Tony Tolbert, a Harvard-educated lawyer in Los Angeles, decided to move into his mother's home so he could offer his own fully-furnished house to a homeless family of five, and give it to them rent-free for a year.

Felicia Duke had been sharing a single room at a shelter with three of her children. But it was for kids only and her older son couldn't join them. So not only was the family homeless and broke, but separated.

"Kindness creates kindness. Generosity creates generosity. Love creates love," Tolbert said. "And I think if we can share some of that and have more stories about people doing nice things for other people, and fewer stories about people doing horrible things to other people, that's a better world."

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