Read NBC Bay Area’s article below, highlighting the LifeMoves Guadalupe EIH (Emergency Interim Housing) site.
San Jose Expanding Tiny Homes After Recent Success
By Joe Rosato Jr.
July 10, 2024
A year after leaving the utility van he’d called home for a year in San Jose’s streets, Richard Robles surveyed the domain of his small room filled with his pictures, clothing and bed within the tiny home village in the Guadalupe Interim Housing Project.
“There’s always food to eat,” Robles said, “I’ve got my shower and bathroom – everything’s well set.”
The tiny home colony, which occupies a former parking lot beneath San Jose’s Guadalupe Parkway, has helped dozens of formerly homeless like Robles escape the streets — at least temporarily — while linking them up with services like job training and supportive counseling. The rooms include private bathrooms and even individual thermostats.
The housing project includes 96 colorfully painted modules, a dog park, laundry room, a food pantry and offices which represent one-stop-shopping for the multitude of services and individual case management. In rooms smaller than 400 square feet, clients like Robles are experiencing cataclysmic life shifts.
“This is more than a shelter,” said Robles. “It’s not a shelter – the community here, we’re all like family.”
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