Retrofitted shipping containers offer a blueprint for tackling homelessness
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In a dreary part of downtown Atlanta, shipping containers have been transformed into an oasis for dozens of previously unsheltered people who now proudly call a former parking lot home. The gated micro-community known as “The Melody” hardly looks like a parking lot anymore. Artificial turf is spread across the asphalt. Potted plants and red Adirondack chairs abound. There's even a dog park. The shipping containers have been divided into 40 insulated studio apartments that include a bed, HVAC unit, desk, microwave, refrigerator, TV, sink and bathroom.
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Can inexpensive shipping-container apartments help put the unsheltered on a path to secure housing and jobs? City officials across the U.S. are banking on it.
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