{"id":24680,"date":"2023-01-08T12:16:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T20:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=24680"},"modified":"2023-01-08T12:16:04","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T20:16:04","slug":"tiny-homes-village-for-the-homeless-may-go-to-s-f-s-mission-district-but-at-an-insane-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/01\/08\/tiny-homes-village-for-the-homeless-may-go-to-s-f-s-mission-district-but-at-an-insane-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiny homes village for the homeless may go to S.F.\u2019s Mission District \u2014 but at an \u2018insane\u2019 cost"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Trisha Thadani<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jan. 7, 2023 Updated: Jan. 8, 2023 12:57\u00a0a.m. (SFChronicle.com)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A tiny cabin community to help house homeless people in San Francisco\u2019s Mission District is being proposed for 1979 Mission St.Carlos Avila Gonzalez, Staff Photographer \/ The Chronicle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A massive parking lot on a high-profile site in San Francisco\u2019s Mission District could be transformed into a village of 70 tiny cabins for unhoused people later this year, after residents and businesses complained about a jump in unsheltered homeless<\/a> people around the neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city-owned land is situated behind the 16th Street BART Station and will eventually be developed into affordable housing. But until the project breaks ground in 2025, the vast parking lot could be the ideal spot for the temporary housing if the community approves the proposal, Supervisor Hillary Ronen said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need to increase the temporary housing system,\u201d Ronen said. \u201cAllowing people to sleep on the streets is not healthy, it\u2019s not safe, and it\u2019s not a good strategy for dealing with the homeless crisis in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

San Francisco currently has one tiny cabin village<\/a> at 33 Gough St., which has been touted as a relatively affordable way to get people off the streets. However, while the original site was largely funded by philanthropy and cost $15,000 per cabin, city officials said it will cost $100,000 to construct each cabin on the proposed Mission site \u2014 an huge price increase that brings into question how cost effective and scalable the model actually is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiny cabin villages are an increasingly popular tool that Bay Area cities <\/a>are exploring to quickly get more people off the streets. While the temporary homes are only about 64-square-feet each, they are equipped with modern comforts: a steel frame, 2-inch-thick walls, heat, a desk, a bed and window. Perhaps most important, they offer a key asset that group shelters lack: privacy. The sites also typically have bathrooms, storage spaces, a dining area and services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The model has been widely embraced by other Bay Area cities, such as Oakland<\/a> and San Jose<\/a>, but San Francisco has been slower to adopt the idea because it has focused much of its money and attention on creating more permanent housing options. So far only one tiny home site has opened with 70 cabins at 33 Gough St. The Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing, or HSH, plans to extend the lease of the site, which opened in 2021, to March 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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