HAS awaits permits for ‘tiny homes’

Annie Felandes, the founder of the nonprofit Homeless Action Sonoma, said the nonprofit’s “tiny home” shelters have been built on Napa Road, as they await approval from Permit Sonoma to move the shelters to the nonprofit’s new property Boyes Hot Springs.

The land, located at 18820 Sonoma Highway, is being graded by HAS prior to the placement of 18 tiny homes that will serve 22 people facing homelessness.

“We can't do a partial grading, we have to do a complete grading, and that's time consuming to get the paperwork for that,” Felandes said. “So the minute we get the OK, we're going to go in like gangbusters.”

As of today, Sonoma Valley does not have a homeless shelter and relies on hotel vouchers and other programs to house its homeless population. Felandes hopes to fill the need for a winter shelter with HAS’s tiny homes, and then move on to develop a larger facility for the site that could house case workers and services.

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