By Jeremy Duda | Axios
The Valley affiliate of a nonprofit is planning a follow-up to an innovative development project in Glendale that will convert shipping containers into bridge housing for previously unhoused people.
Why it matters: Arizona is suffering from a housing shortage that has driven up prices and exacerbated the state’s homelessness problem.
Catch up quick: Family Promise of Greater Phoenix announced plans in 2022 for a six-unit complex called Legacy Village that converts 640-square-foot shipping containers into housing.
- Each container will be a two-bedroom “communal housing” unit for two families.
- The nonprofit partnered with Disciples of Christ Church in Glendale near 59th Avenue and Bethany Home Road to use some of the congregation’s vacant land.