A year and a half after Oakland’s first tiny home village for young people in need opened, the same nonprofit wants to double its capacity.
OAKLAND — A year and a half after it opened, a unique tiny home community wants to double its capacity — installing a second village of psychedelic, mural-covered homes for unhoused young people.
“I think everybody’s desperate to find innovative solutions to the challenges of homelessness,” Hindman said, “and we did something that was wildly successful, so people see it as replicable and as moving us in a direction that people want to see these projects go.” The organization still needs to raise most of the $2 million price tag for its new village. Though it has requested $250,000 from the city, it so far hasn’t been successful in obtaining that funding. But the program has some support from city officials, and Hindman anticipates a new village might open by fall 2023 at the earliest.
Youth Spirit Artworks puts a new spin on this trend by trying to fill what it sees as a major lack of resources for young people. Because county housing systems prioritize elderly, ill and disabled people for placements, most tiny home villages primary shelter older people.
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