San Jose wants to put 100 tiny homes on the property at the Cottle VTA station, but a coalition of people have been fighting the location.
, but that has some people in San Jose pushing back.
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday said the state is ready to deliver 200 tiny homes to San Jose as soon as the city can set up water and power services. The city wants to put 100 tiny homes on the property at the Cottle VTA station, but a coalition of people have been fighting the location. "We are not against the homeless, but it's not fair to take this away from tens of thousands and give it to 100 people," San Jose resident Issac Kokohayo said.
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan said it will help the city meet its goal of getting 1,000 people off the streets.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter. "The outcomes have been fantastic," he said."We run four of these communities. The neighborhoods that they're in see the same or fewer calls for service for both 911 and 311, so public safety and blight. The neighborhood therefore is better off."
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