City officials will tweak land use provisions, building codes and procurement decisions to get interim shelters up and running faster.
In a move aimed at quickly expanding interim shelters in San Jose, the City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed an emergency declaration that will allow tiny homes to be built more rapidly by removing bureaucratic red tape.
Under the changes made by the council on Tuesday, the city will be able to consider sites that don’t have running water. The sites, however, will be supplemented by portable toilets and mobile showers. In addition, safe parking sites for RV dwellers will no longer require vehicles with functioning heating systems. The city maintains minimum public health and building safety standards will be adhered to.
The interim housing options, which span from quick-build shelters to hotel rooms to safe parking sites, was a strategy started under former Mayor Sam Liccardo and expanded by the current council. While the interim shelters have faced nearly unanimous support from the entire City Council, some have questioned how much money the city should spend on the shelters compared to permanent affordable housing, whose advocates say tackles the deeper-rooted issues surrounding homelessness.
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