Largest Tiny Home Community In California To Open This Month

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA — Hope of the Valley will launch another tiny home community this month at Alexandria Park in North Hollywood, which will consist of 103 units and 200 beds. The site will start admitting people experiencing homeless on April 26.

The site will be the largest tiny home community in the state once its open. In February, Hope of the Valley opened the city's first tiny home community, which contains 75 beds reserved for unhoused residents.

Ahead of the launch, Hope of the Valley is asking the community to pitch in to help bring the homes to life. The organization is requesting new bedsheets, towels, laundry detergent and similar items, which will be placed in the homes before guests arrive.

Items can be bought via the organization's Amazon wish list to be sent directly to Hope of the Valley. Those who would rather donate money to go towards items can do so here.

"Just like when we opened chandler, all of you responded so generously and we need that once again," Hope of the Valley CEO Ken Craft said. "we need the bed covers, we need the sheets, we need the pillows for all of these beds, where people will be coming directly off the streets and out of their encampments, where they'll get a new lease on life."

Community members who want to see the homes first hand will be able to take a guided tour from Thursday, April 22 through Sunday, April 25. Sleepovers will also be offered on Friday night and Saturday night for those who want a deeper experience.

"As a leading provider of housing and homeless services in Los Angeles, we regularly hear comments from people criticizing our efforts to help the homeless, Hope of the Valley said. "Usually these comments are rooted in ignorance or fear. We have found that one of the best ways to overcome such objections is to allow people to see for themselves and experience for themselves what our homeless solutions are really like."

Each tiny home is 64 square feet, offering two beds, heat and air-conditioning and a small desk. Meals, showers, housing navigation, job training and individual case management is all available on-site.

So far in 2021, Hope of the Valley has added 275 new beds through shelters and tiny homes for people experiencing homelessness. Earlier this year, Craft and CEO Rowan Vansleve ran a total of 125 miles across the San Fernando Valley to raise money for the organization.

"It is definitely a big undertaking, but we got asked by a donor, 'Isn't there anything else you can do to make money?'" Vansleve told Patch. "I said, 'If you know what it is, do it.' We're in the middle of a war against homelessness right now, and every day is a losing battle for so many. In our city right now, over 1300 people died on the streets because they were homeless, because they were poor...we're gonna move our feet so that others can eat, because we genuinely believe at Hope of the Valley that everyone deserves to be inside."

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