Gov. Gavin Newsom said he'd send tiny homes to San Jose, Los Angeles, Sacramento and San Diego County. Why haven't any materialized yet?
More than a year after Gov. Gavin Newsom promised California's homeless 1,200 tiny homes, none of them have welcomed a single resident. What you need to know: California is driving the first statewide drop in unsheltered homelessness in over 15 years.
Today, Governor Newsom is announcing $419 million in HHAP funding to expand housing and services across the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Newsom unveiled his plans in March to deliver the tiny homes to Los Angeles, San Diego County, San José and Sacramento. The state has selected six companies to manufacture the dwellings: Pallet: a Washington-based company that makes small, fiberglass cabins specifically designed as temporary shelters for unhoused residents.
In March last year, California Gov. Gavin Newsom promised 1,200 tiny homes to temporarily house homeless people, specifically those who already live in encampments, in four major regions across. Sacramento leaders and Gov.
Gavin Newsom's administration announced Wednesday the state will build the first group of 1,200 tiny homes at an abandoned office park. In March 2023, Gov. Gavin Newsom stood before a crowd in Sacramento's Cal Expo event center and made a promise: He'd send 1,200 tiny homes to shelter.
Last week, Newsom's office said California had seen a 9% drop in the unsheltered homeless population, which is the number of people who are living outside in tents, cars and other makeshift. Following months of delays, Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration has secured multiple builders to make and deliver the 1,200 tiny homes promised to a handful of cities and counties.
POLITICO reporters dig into the latest California's homelessness estimates that Gavin Newsom is pointing to as evidence of progress on a longstanding problem.