ARIZONA REAL ESTATE & HOUSING NEWS
Families begin moving into affordable housing units made out of shipping containers in Glendale
Families have now begun moving into Legacy Village, an affordable housing community with homes made from shipping containers.
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PHOENIX — Some Valley families who had been experiencing homelessness now have a new place to call home thanks to a local nonprofit.
Family Promise of Greater Phoenix announced that the first families have moved into Legacy Village, a six-unit affordable housing community near 59th Avenue and Bethany Home Road in Glendale, where the homes are made from repurposed shipping containers.
“This is a milestone moment for Family Promise,” Executive Director Ted Taylor said in a press release Monday. “We have innovated a new housing solution that can be replicated across the Valley.”
Each unit is made from two overseas shipping containers, which have been joined together and refurbished into 640-square-foot two-bedroom apartments that are fully furnished. They cost an average of $583 per month with no additional charges for internet or utilities, according to Family Promise.
The apartments also feature IKEA furniture, new appliances, LED lighting and high-efficiency HVAC systems.
There is also a central courtyard at Legacy Village that has a playground, sports court and other landscaped communal areas.
The complex was announced in late 2024 as part of Family Promise’s $4.2 million “A Journey Home” initiative.
How Legacy Village helps families transition out of homelessness
Family Promise said Legacy Village is the first step of a program that helps families transition out of homelessness.
The community, which is open to families earning up to 65% of the Phoenix metro area’s median income, aims to help reduce the deficit of affordable housing in the Valley.
The Phoenix metro area ranks as the 10th-worst nationwide for affordable housing availability, with just 22 rental units available for every 100 extremely low-income families in need, according to the National Low Income Housing Coalition.
Tenants at Legacy Village will pay rent on the units on a sliding scale and are required by the nonprofit to put 80% of their net income into savings.
Family Promise said this is done to help the families save up enough money to move into its bridge housing community near Arizona State University’s SkySong campus in Scottsdale, all with the end goal of getting families into market-rate housing.
“Legacy Village is more than just housing; it’s a stepping stone for families to rebuild their lives,” Taylor said. “Solutions like the Legacy Village are desperately needed right now if we are going to seriously address Arizona’s housing crisis and help families in need.”
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Good deal, I hope it's successful. I did note one thing from the story:
"Family Promise said this is done to help the families save up enough money to move into its bridge housing community near Arizona State University’s SkySong campus in Scottsdale..."
If one of these families has a job in Glendale, would they really be inclined to move to the bridge housing in Scottsdale and have to travel cross town to work? I guess they would if that's the only choice.
Let’s hope they don’t have APS as their utility provider.
Why is every efficient, small sized living option immediately stigmatized as homeless solutions or welfare housing by the people who were ripped off buying a $300-$450k stick shack, cookie cutter house or $1700/mth apartment (which is the cost of a studio at Skysong apartments they want to move these people into)? Neither of which have any personality.
People want smaller options, and this container idea and tiny homes are the solution. But that doesn't keep the banks and realtors in coin. This is just like public transit vs an auto; they give you no options other than to be miserable if you don't buy what they want you to buy.