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Riverside's New 'Cabin Village' Offers Temporary Housing For The Homeless
A shelter produced by Pallet Shelters, the same size as the ones being used in Riverside. Courtesy Pallet Shelters
The City of Riverside has unveiled an alternative shelter solution to help house homeless residents: dozens of small cabins.
Each of the units in the Cabin Village has a bed, storage space, electrical outlets, air conditioning, and a common space. The cabins were built for both families and individuals.
The #Riverside City Council voted to establish an emergency shelter cabin village, add 40 beds at an existing homeless shelter for use by people who are homeless in Riverside, & offer rental assistance to homeless individuals. The village features 20 cabins. #NBCLA pic.twitter.com/siWQWWszgq
— AlexVnews (@alexvnews) March 11, 2020
For some people, large shelters aren't a good option, but the cabins could be, according to Hafsa Kaka, Riverside's homeless solutions officer:
"Folks who may be experiencing trauma from bigger environments, sometimes folks get really overwhelmed, this is kind of a more intimate environment so that you kind of get that one-on-one attention as needed."
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- Riverside builds temporary homeless ‘village’ of 30 tiny shelters (Riverse Press-Enterprise)
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