Figuring out how to help those with housing insecurity is a challenge everywhere. Thousands of hours of planning by an Arizona non-profit may have come up with another new way to combat homelessness and the high cost of housing.
In what is believed to be the first of its kind locally, Family Promise of Greater Phoenix, which for 22 years has served the primary purpose of addressing housing insecurity, will construct a micro development that features six residential units made out of brand-new 8’x40x10’ modified shipping containers structurally engineered for use as housing.
The community, called Container Village, will occupy 18,000 square feet of undeveloped land behind the First Christian Church in Glendale.
This small-scale, rent-based housing facility will include on-site property management and supportive services for income-qualified residents.
Each unit will include two shipping containers joined together to feature a 640-square-foot, two-bedroom, fully furnished apartment running on solar power to minimize energy costs. The price tag for each unit is about $100,000.
The project has already been certified by the State of Arizona. Now waiting on a final design review sign-off from the city of Glendale; construction on Container Village should start in the next 30 to 45 days, with tenants expected to move in by June.
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Gary Fleisher, Contributing Editor