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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0SACRAMENTO (KOVR<\/a>) — For the last six months, Tristin Endl’s home has been a temporary shelter. The 23-year-old had been homeless and living on Sacramento streets.<\/p>\n

“It was terrifying because I didn’t know where I was going to sleep next,” he said.<\/p>\n

Now, he’s one of 50 young adults between 18 and 24 staying in tiny homes at the First Step Communities shelter in north Sacramento.<\/p>\n

“For a large number of the young people that come here, this is the first time they’ve ever had a room to themselves,” said Joseph Pacheco, executive director of the shelter.<\/p>\n

Pacheco says many of the clients grew up in unstable living conditions.<\/p>\n

“I’d say the majority of the young people who come to our site here are prior foster youth,” he said.<\/p>\n

The facility gets the majority of its budget from the City of Sacramento. But now, First Step is asking community members to “adopt” individual cabins to help raise more money.<\/p>\n

“We are seeking a donation level of $2,000 per cabin,” Pacheco said. “A lot of that money goes towards paying for us to have on-site therapists here at the shelter, eliminating any barrier for our clients getting that behavioral and mental health support that they need.”<\/p>\n

Each cabin has a bed, with an air conditioner and electricity. Some tenants keep a small garden and lawn furniture out front. Residents share bathrooms, a game room, and a laundry room.<\/p>\n

The program’s goal is to prepare people like Endl to get jobs and live on their own.<\/p>\n

“They’re young, they haven’t been experiencing homelessness for a very long time, and they’re able to recover much faster,” Pacheco said. “We permanently housed 109 young adults from this site alone.”<\/p>\n

Endl will be ending his stay in cabin 48 soon to join the U.S. Navy, and there’s a long wait list of other young people desperate to get off the streets and move in.<\/p>\n

“Unfortunately, we’re always full,” Pacheco said.<\/p>\n

The facility has been open for five years and was the first tiny home shelter in Sacramento.<\/p>\n

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