A new tiny home village in Sun Valley opened Monday, providing interim shelter for more than 200 Los Angeles residents attempting to transition out of homelessness.
The project is part of a larger plan to build more than 500 tiny homes across the city, according to Mayor Karen Bass.
Bass, City Councilwoman Imelda Padilla, who represents parts of Sun Valley, and members of the nonprofit Hope the Mission organized a news conference Monday morning to showcase the new site.
“Leveraging tiny homes as interim housing is a key part of our strategy to reduce the cost of Inside Safe and move away from housing homeless Angelenos in motels as we work to expedite the building of permanent housing across L.A.,” Bass said in a statement.
“With hundreds of tiny homes now online and hundreds more under construction, we’ll continue implementing innovative, cost-effective solutions to expand our ability to bring people in off the street,” Bass added.
“These tiny homes represent more than shelter; they represent dignity, stability and a real first step toward permanent housing for our unhoused neighbors here in Sun Valley,” Padilla said in a statement.