အမေရိကန်ပြည် ကယ်လီဖိုးနီးယားတွင် အခမဲ့နေထိုင်ခွင့်ပေးမည့် အိမ်ငယ်လေးများ ကျေးရွာတစ်ခု ဆောက်လုပ်လျက်ရှိ

 ACTIVISTS have approved construction of a new shelter for homeless youth.

Richmond Tiny House Village Garden and Farm is Richmond, California's answer to an exponential need for youth housing.

(Richmond Tiny House Village Garden and Farm will provide youth housing.Credit: Facebook/Joe Serrano)

(Sally Hindman is co-manager of the village.Credit: Linkedin/Sally Hindman)

(The community will help construct the village.Credit: Richmond Tiny House Village, Farm & Garden)

The village of tiny homes was approved in September, and will create emergency housing for young Californians who are facing homelessness.

The tiny homes are specifically tailored to those who have aged out of the foster care system.

“I get calls every day from young people that are on the street that are trying to figure out what they’re going to do. And it’s just awful. It’s just awful,” Sally Hindman, co-manager of the village, said to Richmond Confidential.

“Much more attention is needed. We need more permanent supportive housing.”

The tiny homes are modeled after a similar shelter in Oakland, California, which has 22 shelters.

The Richmond village will have 12 units and cost about $976,536 to construct. Funding is coming mainly from the community and religious groups, with the Mormon Church and the Contra County Measure X sales tax providing a large chunk.

The architecture department at the University of San Francisco provided the designs for the village and it will be a community effort to construct the tiny homes.

A study by the University of San Francisco showed that California has the highest homeless population in the country, largely in part due to the housing crisis in the Bay Area.

The average rent in the area is $3,700, a whopping 80 percent higher than the nation's average rent.

The U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development will help choose who gets to stay in the shelters.

Those who get housing will be allowed to stay for a maximum of two years and will be required to pay one-third of their monthly income as their rent.

The sheltered youth will also receive vocational training to assist them in finding long-term employment and permanent housing.

Ref: HELPING HAND I am creating a new tiny home village and you can live there for free – but residents have to meet certain requirements (the-sun)