37 tiny homes were taken from their owners. Controversy causes city to take this action

The homes began appearing around the city, placed on highway overpasses. Summer told the LA Times that the homes were not meant to be permanent solutions for the homeless, but “just a bridge between the gutter and permanent housing.” According to Curbed, in February 2016, the city started seizing the structures due to a city municipal code change that allows city officials to seize large objects immediately stating that the homes were a “health and safety hazard.”

To keep the tiny homes which have not been given out yet from being seized, Summers is storing them in a parking lot in Compton. Summers has proposed the idea of a tiny home village for the homeless, but the city has said no to the idea. The returned homes will be placed in storage with the surplus homes until a permanent solution for placement can be found. Until then, the homeless have gone back to living on the streets and in tents.
RESOURCES: LA TIMES AND LAIST.COM