A small home community has been established in one of the country’s largest cities and its residents will benefit from essential services 24 hours a day.
Mission Cabins in San Francisco, California are made up of 60 homes for a specific group of people.
These small homes are located at 1979 Mission Street in the city’s Mission district.
They were inaugurated on April 15th and will house part of the region’s homeless population, according to the San Francisco Examiner.
Up to 68 people can be accommodated and the properties offer the essentials that a normal-sized house would have.
These include a single or double bed, storage, furniture, lockable door and heating.
Residents will also have three common areas they can use to socialize and relax.
One of these seating sections will be a set of tables and chairs outside and between the houses.
These huts do not have their own kitchens, but residents will receive two meals a day and the community has shared bathrooms.
Other unique services included case management and healthcare services.
Residents will also be able to bring their pets and invite people over.
They will also be subject to some rules, such as entering and exiting whenever they go out, according to Local Mission.
A strict 48-hour rule also meant that any resident who left and didn’t return in more than two days would have the tiny house transferred to someone else, as the space would be considered abandoned.
The unique location occupied a 24,000-square-foot former Walgreens parking lot.
This community is enclosed with an 8-foot-tall black chain-link fence and will have a service provider on site through the nonprofit Five Keys.
The project was operated by the city’s Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing.
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Individuals and couples began moving in on Monday and the city expects to welcome five people into the space each day.
This project will provide on-site housing for two years before the space is transformed into affordable housing as a way to combat San Francisco’s growing homelessness problem.
“The new Mission Cabins will provide a critical new space in our work to get people off the streets and into a safe and stable environment,” said City Mayor London Breed.
“We want people to stay indoors, where they are safe and where they can get on the path to a safer, long-term living environment.
“That’s how we end homelessness for people who need help, and that’s how we prevent long-term encampments in our neighborhoods.”
These properties will be allocated to people, meaning hopeful residents won’t be able to apply to live in the space.
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