Oakland, ca — a new city of oakland-operated village of tuff sheds to temporarily house homeless people near lake merritt is expected to open this week, and shortly thereafter the city will. Oakland, calif. - oakland is opening its second "tuff shed" program to house more homeless in small sheds, provide them case managers and clean up the surrounding tent cities, which are litter. The city of oakland is about to open the third of its "community cabins" or tuff shed villages, a collection of tiny cabins, situated in areas of the city plagued by sprawling tent encampments..
3of 9 tuff shed shelters line the lake merritt community cabins site in oakland on tuesday, oct. 2, 2018. the city plans to house up to 40 homeless people in the sheds as part of it's third. The city of oakland wants to move people off the sidewalks and into a new, city-owned encampment made of "tuff sheds." (10-5-17). Oakland's tuff shed homeless community, at 27th street and northgate avenue, beneath interstate 980 and bart tracks. (erika kelly/kqed) but he says three weeks of living in the community changed his outlook..
