Want To Tour The New Tiny Home Village In North Hollywood?

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA — Los Angeles' latest tiny home village officially opened for public viewing Thursday, before it welcomes unhoused residents starting Monday. The facility holds 103 tiny homes with 200 beds, which will make it the largest such site in California.

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. The homes cost $43,000 per bed and $8.6 million in total, according to Councilman Paul Krekorian's office.

The Alexandria Park tiny home village, which is along the Hollywood (101) Freeway, is operated by Hope of the Valley, which provides three meals per day, on-site showers, bathrooms, laundry, and counseling and navigation services. Krekorian said that transitional housing sites run by Hope of the Valley typically house people for three to four months before transitioning them into permanent housing.

"For people who are currently living on the streets, to have their own private space — with a door that locks, with air conditioning, with heating, with electrical supply, with shelves that they can put their items on, with drawers that they can store their items on, with a bed — this is a life-changing moment to from living in a tent on a sidewalk to living in your own private, secure, hygienic place like this," Krekorian said.

Mayor Eric Garcetti spoke at an opening ceremony for the tiny home village Thursday morning, where he stressed the urgent need for major action to address the homelessness crisis.

"This isn't just an L.A. problem, this is a Fresno problem, an Oakland problem, this is a Long Beach problem, a Santa Ana problem, a San Diego problem and a Sacramento problem. It is everywhere in this state and not just in this state, but let's focus on what we can do in California," Garcetti said.

The village is open for guided walking tours from 12 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and from 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. Sunday. Community members can sign up for a tour here.

"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."

In February, Hope of the Valley opened the city's first tiny home community, which contains 75 beds reserved for unhoused residents. There, 39 units cost $5.4 million, according to Krekorian's office.

City News Service contributed to this report.