Newsom announces $30 million plan to buy ‘tiny homes’ to address homelessness

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA), wants to counter a recent surge in California homelessness by purchasing large areas of land. “tiny houses.”

The governor announced that California will purchase 1,200 small homes in Sacramento San Diego, San Jose and Los Angeles for homeless shelters on Thursday. This was the first of a planned four day State of the State speaking tour. This ambitious initiative is designed to alleviate a growing homelessness crisis, which has worsened in recent years. Since 2020, there have been an estimated 10,000 more people who are homeless.

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“I’m deeply mindful … of how angry we are as Californians about what’s going on in the streets and sidewalks in our state,” Newsom made the remarks in Sacramento Thursday.

“I get it — you want to see progress, and you want to see it now,” He concluded.

The total cost of the project is $30 million. The uniqueness of the homes is in their small size. Some are as small as 120 square foot.

The plan was not well received by all the state leaders.

Brian Jones, Republican State Senate Majority Leader, said that the remedy was available. “Band-Aid on a crisis that is out of control in California.”

“We know that throwing money at this problem doesn’t work,” Jones made the statement in a statement. “California has already spent $20 billion over the last five years on homelessness and the crisis has only gotten worse with more than 172,000 people living on the streets in this state.”

GOP Assemblyman Josh Hoover denounced the plan as “a joke”. “splashy announcement that I’m skeptical will get results.”

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Newsom suggested that surplus state land be used to locate the homes and that homeless would be escorted from city encampments. Each house will offer a resident a private room with a lockable bed and heater. Others will have small kitchens and bathrooms.

California has the highest number of homeless in the United States.