FAMILY PROMISE, FAMILY VILLAGE
Family Promise – Greater Phoenix is a 22-year-old nonprofit, specializing in sheltering families who have lost their home — RPM Team has had the honor of supporting Family Promise since 2012. Through a six-unit, single story micro housing community, Family Promise is a dignified and scalable approach to providing this sorely needed housing solution. The Village is situated on a small parcel land with residential zoning. This small-scale, supportive housing facility was designed around a central courtyard with the intention of fostering community and security among the residents. It also allows for independent, ADA-accessible, rent-based living spaces, with on-site supportive services. The 640 square-foot micro homes will be constructed using brand new 8’ x 40’ x 10’-0” high modified shipping containers that are connected structurally to create a durable, two-bedroom apartment unit. All units will be fully furnished and ready for move-in.
The core model of this facility is sheltering a unique, but strong, interfaith hospitality network of about 50 partners. Collective efforts, like this one, advance RPM Team’s mission: to provide emergency shelter and social services that move families toward independent housing and self-sufficiency.
Family Promise has a successful history of building facilities that are attractive, dignified and maintained in a way that ultimately improves the surrounding communities. The exterior design of Family Promise Village is a playful palette of colors inspired by the Sonoran desert, and chosen specifically to elicit a sense of comfort, prospect and hope. The units are highly energy efficient with R-15 continuous insulation in the walls, R-25 rigid insulation in the ceiling cavity with a light colored cool roofing membrane. The compact layout of the Family Promise Village will occupy less than ¼ acre of land with shared parking located at the adjoining facility, which has excess parking. The facility features a laundry room that is free to residents, an on-site property management office, and a shared Reception/ Community Room.
For those organizations and civic agencies serving low-income families, a micro housing community solves two problems: it makes a measurable impact in the affordable housing crisis, and it removes significant barriers for families graduating from human services programming.
