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Dignity Moves pitches tiny-home ERF project to Humboldt homelessness coalition
Summary
Dignity Moves presented a Round 5 Encampment Resolution Funding proposal to the HHHC Executive Committee on May 13, proposing tiny-home communities as a bridge to reimbursement funding and citing past delivery of four ERF projects and 900 beds created; committee members raised funding consistency and maintenance concerns.
Dignity Moves representatives presented a proposal to the Humboldt Housing and Homelessness Coalition (HHHC) Executive Committee on May 13 seeking Round 5 Encampment Resolution Funding (ERF) to develop tiny‑home communities in Humboldt County.
Joanne Price of Dignity Moves and three colleagues outlined a model that uses ERF as a bridge to longer‑term reimbursement streams such as Cal‑AIM and Prop 1 BHSA. The presenters said the organization has served more than 2,000 people and created roughly 900 beds and that it has delivered four previous ERF projects elsewhere.
Committee members did not take a formal vote. Instead, Executive Committee members raised questions about whether behavioral‑health rental assistance would remain available to support transitional rent and how that interplay would affect long‑term sustainability. Members also flagged potential legal and tenancy issues with charging residents program fees, and noted local concerns about weather resilience, maintenance and management of tiny‑home communities in Humboldt County and Southern Humboldt specifically.
Dignity Moves said it would adapt designs and management plans to local conditions and expressed openness to partnering with cities and local organizations. The Executive Committee said it hoped the presentation would spur local jurisdictions and nonprofit partners to consider collaboration; no formal partnership commitments were recorded at the meeting.
Next steps: staff and interested Executive Committee members will follow up with Dignity Moves and city partners; the organization was invited to continue conversations and coordinate with jurisdictions that express interest.
