Vandal damages Portland tiny home village designed for homeless

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Multnomah County officials and police say the opening of a tiny home village for homeless people in North Portland has been delayed after a vandal damaged nearly every sleeping pod in the shelter.

Officer Melissa Newhard, a Portland Police Bureau spokeswoman, told The Oregonian that the vandal entered the St. Johns Village on Dec. 19 and broke out windows in 15 of the shelter’s 19 tiny homes.

The vandalism caused about $8,000 damage in the newly purchased single-occupancy pods. Each of the pods is about 8-by-12 feet, with electricity, heat systems and a built-in bed.

The village is now expected to open in February.