After a year-and-a-half of there being 68 tiny homes behind the former Walgreens at 16th and Mission streets, they’re being torn down, but will be replaced by a larger housing complex that will also house people coming out of homelessness.
You cannot see the above depicted 68 tiny-home complex called Mission Cabins at 16th and Mission streets, because it is behind huge black gates. But it has been there since it opened in April 2024, and did not come without a fight from the neighborhood, as Capp Street residents felt like they’d already dealt with plenty enough blight near Marshall Elementary School.
Now a year and a half later, the 68 tiny cabins of Mission Cabins are all closing permanently. This was the plan all along, the facility was always slated to be razed for a 450-unit affordable housing project, that after years of wrangling, is slated to break ground at the former “Monster in the Mission” condo site. The affordable housing project is also intended to serve families, seniors, and the formerly homeless…