{"id":755211,"date":"2026-04-26T21:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/755211\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T21:29:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T21:29:16","slug":"construction-on-tiny-cabins-for-homeless-in-lemon-grove-to-start-this-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/755211\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction on tiny cabins for homeless in Lemon Grove to start this month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Construction on a controversial project to put tiny sleeping cabins for homeless individuals in Lemon Grove is schedued to begin Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The county-backed plan to place 60 cabins on Troy Street has faced significant community opposition and years of delays, but cleared its last hurdle after a land deal between the county and Caltrans.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the California Transportation Commission <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sandiegouniontribune.com\/2026\/03\/22\/plan-to-put-tiny-cabins-for-homeless-in-lemon-grove-clears-final-hurdle\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">approved the sale of the vacant Caltrans-owned lot<\/a> to San Diego County for $955,000, clearing the way for construction to begin.<\/p>\n<p>The county is overseeing design and construction for the cabins project, which is expected to be completed by the summer of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, the county is kickstarting public outreach efforts for the project, including monthly informational Zoom meetings and door-to-door outreach.<\/p>\n<p>Once constructed, the sleeping cabin program will provide wrap-around services, meals and case management services to residents with the goal of transitioning them into permanent housing.<\/p>\n<p>The site design also features restroom facilities, laundry machines, internet access and a secured perimeter with around-the-clock onsite security.<\/p>\n<p>While officials have long pushed for expanded shelter and transitional living opportunities in East County, residents have scrutinized the project, primarily for the site\u2019s proximity to a childcare facility and because of overall safety concerns.<\/p>\n<p>A request for proposals for the site operator will be released in July.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Construction on a controversial project to put tiny sleeping cabins for homeless individuals in Lemon Grove is schedued&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":755212,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5134],"tags":[5229,1582,276,20161,1370,24349,728,50,3549,3550,7264,7289,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-755211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-america","tag-ca","tag-california","tag-east-county","tag-latest-headlines","tag-lemon-grove","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-county","tag-sandiego","tag-top-stories-sdut","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116473139529516577","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=755211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/755211\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/755212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=755211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=755211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=755211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}