Tiny home, HUGE cost: Fury at $113,000 price of San Francisco's new homeless ... trends now
San Francisco residents are balking at the sky-high cost of the city's new homeless cabins.
A complex of 60 'tiny homes' for unhoused Californians each cost taxpayers an eye-popping $113,000.
That's several times higher than the price of similar cabins in nearby Oakland and San Jose.
Worse still, the new project in the Mission District will cost $2.9 million a year to run.
Even so, the ultra-liberal city's Mayor London Breed and others back the controversial and long-delayed project.
Each unit has a locking door, a bed, storage space, furniture, electric outlets and heating
Mayor London Breed says the $113,000-per cabin scheme offers a 'safe, stable environment' for 50 homeless
Marc Joffe, an analyst at the libertarian Cato Institute think tank called it a massive overspend.
'If SF can't accommodate the homeless cost-effectively, maybe some other county in California can,' he posted on X/Twitter.
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Ten unhoused people moved into the village at the start of the week, housing department spokeswoman Emily Cohen told the San Francisco Chronicle.
Five more unhoused people will move in each day until all 60 cabins are occupied.
Each home has a locking door, a bed, storage space, furniture, electric outlets and heating.
Residents will share bathrooms, a dining area, laundry machines, and get meals provided on site.
The costly scheme will be torn down in two years, when developers break ground on an affordable housing project.
Mayor Breed said the temporary cabins would
