A local nonprofit that helps churches build tiny homes has nearly 200 units are in the works from Alameda to San Joaquin counties.
Lending new meaning to the phrase “love thy neighbor,” Bay Area churches are turning their parking lots, backyards and other bits of unused land into tiny homes for the homeless members of their communities. And one local nonprofit has made it its mission to help.
“Caring for your community is what churches really are called to do,” she said. “That is what we are all called to do. To care for our fellow humans.”as transitional homeless housing on 12 parking spaces at their church on Grove Way in Castro Valley. It took the nonprofit two years to get the necessary permits — no existing rules allowed for groups of tiny homes, so county officials had to change their general plan and zoning rules.
CASTRO VALLEY, CALIFORNIA – June 03: The kitchen area of one of the tiny homes located in the parking lot of First Presbyterian Church of Hayward is photographed on June 3, 2022, in Castro Valley, Calif. After that site opened, Sandulyak and Medcalf reached out to other faith-based organizations to see if they could help guide anyone else through the process. They were flooded with interest.
Nonprofit Hope Solutions will manage the site and make sure residents have access to all the services they need.
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