Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty announced construction of 135 new tiny homes Thursday, the latest part of what he calls a cost-effective strategy to take more of the city’s homeless off the streets.
The homes under construction at 3900 Roseville Road will be operated by housing and supportive services provider The Gathering Inn and join the First Steps community where today more than 100 people transitioning from homelessness call home. McCarty announced the project on the same day that a city ordinance took effect to bar homeless camping at City Hall grounds.
“The big picture is that there are 135 individuals who won’t be sleeping in the park or at City Hall or in our neighborhoods and will have a place to go,” McCarty said in a brief interview following the announcement. “This is kind of the future of where we’re headed with our homeless response.”…