A new tiny home village opened in Sun Valley, providing interim shelter for more than 200 unhoused Angelenos as part of Mayor Karen Bass's citywide housing plan.
SUN VALLEY, CA (September 4, 2026) — A new tiny home village has opened in Sun Valley, offering interim shelter for more than 200 Los Angeles residents as the city works to move unhoused Angelenos toward permanent housing.
The Olinda Tiny Homes Village is located at the Sun Valley Metrolink Station, 11080 Olinda Street. It opened Monday and is among the largest tiny home communities in the City of Los Angeles.
Mayor Karen Bass, along with City Councilwoman Imelda Padilla and members of the nonprofit Hope the Mission, held a news conference Monday morning to showcase the new site.
"Leveraging tiny homes as interim housing is a key part of our strategy to reduce the cost of Inside Safe and move away from housing homeless Angelenos in motels as we work to expedite the building of permanent housing across L.A.," Bass said in a statement.
She added that with hundreds of tiny homes now online and hundreds more under construction, the city will continue implementing what it describes as innovative and cost-effective solutions to bring people off the street.
The site includes 84 units with a total of 208 beds. According to city officials, residents are not required to pay rent. The Mayor's Office did not provide a specific cost for the project, but officials said funding came from the state. Future tiny home sites in other council districts are also being financed through state dollars.
Each residential unit is accessible and includes a stowaway bunk bed, electrical outlets, heating and air conditioning, interior lighting, shelving, and storage. Residents receive warm meals, street-outreach support, life-skills assistance, and access to dedicated case managers.
Hope the Mission, contracted through the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, provides operational services at the site. Those services include residential monitoring and security, three meals per day, and case management. Staff help residents with tasks ranging from obtaining a birth certificate or state identification to finding employment and preparing for permanent housing.
Tiny home villages serve as temporary, transitional housing. The goal is for participants to find stability and eventually move into permanent housing.
"These tiny homes represent more than shelter. They represent dignity, stability and a real first step toward permanent housing for our unhoused neighbors here in Sun Valley," Padilla said in a statement.
The Olinda site is one of several tiny home villages coming online across the city as part of a larger plan to build more than 500 tiny homes, according to Mayor Bass.
A similar village opened next to the train tracks at the Van Nuys Amtrak and Metrolink Station less than two months ago. While city officials have praised the transitional program, some local residents have voiced objections to the placement of the new Sun Valley site near the Metrolink Station parking lot.
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