Sixty-one units, roughly 240 square feet each, will sit on the barren six-acre site on Evans Lane, which is designated for affordable housing. Half of the homes will house formerly homeless individuals and the other half will be for low-income families. Each shipping container will have multiple units.
“It saves time,” said VanderVeen. “What happens the modular housing is constructed offsite in a factory and brought to the site. Utilities are hooked up and it’s ready to live in. It goes much quicker than regular construction.”
The price tag per unit is $600,000 which includes preparing the site, utilities, materials, and labor. The city’s housing department said that’s consistent with current construction costs.
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$600,000 for a metal box no bigger than your average garden shed.
I can’t tell if officials are more evil and cruel. Or totally stupid and insane.
I can’t tell if officials are more evil and cruel. Or totally stupid and insane.
Why can’t they be BOTH?? I think they are.
There are newly built condos in Morgan Hill (20 miles south) for $700K each. I wonder whose pockets are being lined here.
Yep - leaves LOTS of cash for slush-fund kickbacks...
It[s not their money so they don’t care.