California Tiny Homes For The Homeless

The Alexandria Park Tiny Home Village is located in North Hollywood, CA 91606. Hope of the Valley, founded in the summer of 2009, now operates 13 Shelters, 2 Access Centers and a Job Center. We currently provide 1,506 beds per night at our various shelters throughout the greater Los Angeles area housing single adults, families and transitional age youth.

We currently serve approximately 1,500. California has chosen who will build the 1,200 tiny homes Gov. Gavin Newsom promised the state's homeless residents.

This piece has been revised. It updates the tiny home cost for this unit; updates the per square foot costs of single family housing in California and the U.S.; is edited slightly to increase clarity; corrects two data errors ($1.3 million was originally reported as $4.3 million, 10,976,000 was originally reported as $10,820,000); and modifies the calculation of the total cost of the project. 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. California faces a significant homelessness crisis, affecting thousands of individuals and families. Tiny homes offer a practical solution, providing an affordable and efficient way to house those in need.

These small, modular units provide shelter and can help break the cycle of living on the streets. More than a year after Gov. Gavin Newsom promised California's homeless 1,200 tiny homes, none of them have welcomed a single resident.

A view inside a tiny home at the north campus of Sacramento's Roseville Road homeless shelter, to be operated by The Gathering Inn, shows a cot, two storage bins and an individual heating and air. The $30 million project would create homes, some as small as 120 square feet (11 square meters), that can be assembled in 90 minutes and cost a fraction of what it takes to build permanent housing. More than 171,000 homeless people live in California, making up about 30% of the nation's homeless population.

Through new programs and funding, California is now outperforming the nation in turning around the decades-in-the-making homelessness crisis. While homelessness continues to increase nationwide, in 2025, California reduced its unsheltered homeless population by 9%. Governor Newsom is creating a structural and foundational model for America.

California's governor is gifting 1,200 tiny homes for unhoused people in Sacramento, San Jose, Los Angeles and San Diego.