Portland, Oregon, purchased 100 tiny home pods, each costing $16,510, to upgrade its villages that provide shelter for the city’s unhoused population.
The city established several tiny house villages about two years ago, the first being a “safe rest village” in Multnomah Village, which will now receive 100 new pods and will remove 28 old ones and return them to Multnomah County.
Bryan Aptekar, spokesperson for the safe rest villages, told Willamette Week that the move will guarantee that “the village sleeping units are consistent and equitable for all participants” with improved “door locks, heaters [and] insulation.”
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