Tiny Home Homeless Housing Facility Opens at 16th Street BART, Behind Big, Black Gates

Tiny Home Homeless Housing Facility Opens at 16th Street BART, Behind Big, Black Gates

The on-again, off-again effort to open 60 tiny homes for the homeless is complete, though a large fence surrounds the entrance of the new facility called “Mission Cabins” in apparent hopes that passersby won’t notice it.Back in 2016, developers had hoped to turn the former Walgreens at 16th Street BART Plaza into a giant luxury condo project that critics nicknamed the “Monster in the Mission.” But that whole deal fell through before the pandemic…

Tiny ‘Mission Cabins’ for homeless residents open today at 16th St. BART Plaza

Mission Cabins, a two-year shelter offering 60 tiny homes to adults experiencing homelessness, will open this morning at 1979 Mission St.