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California is finally making progress on a stalled program to build tiny homes to address the state’s homelessness crisis.Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Council member Hugo Soto-Martínez attended a groundbreaking of a development in East Hollywood earlier this week.It will house 50 people, with ten beds for transitional youth.“At a time when funding is being cut at every level of government, the determination and creativity it took from my team and our trusted service providers to break ground on these 51 beds is truly extraordinary,” said Soto-Martínez.Los Angeles intervened at a homeless encampment just around the corner from the project, on Sierra Vista Avenue, and brought 20 people indoors.Gov. Gavin Newsom put aside $33 million in 2023 for a project to build about 1,200 tiny homes statewide.
That included plans for 500 units in Los Angeles, 350 in Sacramento, 200 in San Jose, and 150 in San Diego.The homes would be placed by those jurisdictions, which would own the units and provide recruiting and other services.It came at the same time that the state said it would release $1 billion in homeless prevention funding.
Newsom aimed for a 15% reduction in homelessness statewide by 2025.Morning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.
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Newsom championed building more housing in the state, especially more dense housing in reluctant cities.Tiny homes, already popular with homeowners, looked like an attractive way to address homelessness.California is already one of the pioneers of the market-rate small home, and the market is expanding as more states allow them, and more financing comes to the table.
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