Tiny homes are being used for housing in costly areas of the United States. In Los Angeles, California, tiny homes are now being used as temporary shelters for people, serving as a welfare for citizens. 【小题1】 Similar projects went up in other California cities, including San Jose and Sacramento, and also across the United States in Seattle, Washington; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Des Moines, Iowa.

【小题2】 That number is an increase of more than 12 percent from a year earlier. Over 150,000 people are homeless across the state of California. The pandemic has forced even more people onto the streets. Homeless shelters had to turn away people to maintain social distancing rules. Thus, it’s urgent for officials to find a way out.

City officials selected the land on Chandler Street for the tiny home village, because it could not be used for anything else. 【小题3】 The officials had to promise nearby neighbors that the village would be safe and clean. Ken Craft is head of the non-profit Hope of the Valley which operates Chandler Street village. He asked worried neighbors if they would rather have the tents or the tiny homes on the land. He said the village offers services that can help people out of homelessness.【小题4】

The tiny homes cost $7,500 each. And the cost for the entire project was $5 million. Hope of the Valley is building two more villages in North Hollywood. 【小题5】At Chandler Street, the housing is temporary, whose goal is for people to stay a few months and then move on to permanent housing.