"People are tired of seeing homelessness and they're saying, 'Do something, now,'" Loving said. "I think these non-congregate shelters are being positioned as the, 'We're doing something now.'"
Loving said the only way to keep temporary sites successful is to keep developing permanent housing for residents to move into.
But with a global pandemic and a record number of Californians falling into homelessness faster than the state could house them, officials turned toward non-congregate but temporary options like hotel rooms and tiny homes to keep people sheltered. In 2021, interim housing spot
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