Key points:
- Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty announces 135 tiny homes for homeless at Roseville Road Shelter.
- Each tiny home will have electricity, air conditioning, and secure doors to be operated by The Gathering Inn.
- Sacramento’s homeless crisis persists despite efforts to provide housing solutions.
SACRAMENTO, CA — Mayor Kevin McCarty this week announced the construction of 135 tiny homes at the Roseville Road Shelter‑and‑Service Campus, presenting them as a cornerstone of a strategy to pivot away from costly supportive housing models toward more scalable, cost‑effective shelter solutions, according to the Sacramento Bee.
The homes—each equipped with electricity, air conditioning and secure doors—will be operated by The Gathering Inn and join the existing First Steps community, which currently houses more than 100 people transitioning from homelessness.
“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 told the Sacramento Bee. “This is kind of the future of where we’re headed with our homeless response.”…