'I feel blessed': Young homeless Oakland and Berkeley residents get colorful tiny homes FacebookTwitterEmail 1of12 Youth Spirit Artworks raised nearly $1.3 million to build the homes from scratch and operate the site. Each one cost $12,500 to build. Oakland leased a 2-acre city-owned property to the nonprofit for free.Sarah Ravani / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 2of12 The 8-by-10-foot homes have electricity and heated floors. Each has a bed that can fold into the wall and become a desk. Williams-Sonoma donated rugs and sheets, and artists painted murals on the tiny homes.Sarah Ravani / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less 3of12 4of12 Youths moved into the Youth Spirit Artworks village in Oakland on Friday. A total of 26 young people will live at the site. The village, the first sanctioned tiny home encampment in Oakland, will be home to young people who have experienced homelessness.Sarah Ravani / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less