Daily independent | homes made from shipping containers coming to glendale

Excerpt from Daily Independent by Steve Stockmar.

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“One nonprofit has come up with a new way to combat homelessness and the high cost of housing in the Valley.

In what is believed to be the first of its kind locally, Family Promise of Greater Phoenix, which for 22 years has served a primary purpose of addressing housing insecurity, will construct a microdevelopment 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 be located on the grounds of First Christian Church, at 6242 N. 59th Ave., in Glendale. The housing will occupy 18,000 square feet of undeveloped land behind the church building.

‘It will be the first of its kind in the Valley, in that it’s a very safe community built for what we call ‘extremely low-income families’,’ said Ted Taylor, CEO of Family Promise of Greater Phoenix.

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, Taylor said.

The project has already been certified by the State of Arizona. Waiting now 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.”