Potter’s Lane, built and managed by the nonprofit American Family Housing, is said to be the first example in the nation of a multi-unit permanent housing complex fashioned from cargo containers.
Fifteen of the 480-square-foot units at the two-story Jackson Street complex are earmarked for homeless veterans; an on-site manager will occupy the other unit. Amenities at Potter’s Lane include a common room and a central patio with a barbecue and a garden with raised beds to grow vegetables. Pets are allowed.
Illumination Foundation will soon be using space at American Family Housing’s headquarters next door to Potter’s Lane to provide as many as 25 homeless individuals recovering from health emergencies with recuperative after-care, Leon said.
Each unit is furnished with a double bed, easy chair, dresser and flat-screen TV, small dining table and fully equipped kitchen. A women’s church group in Westminster contributed handmade red, white and blue-themed quilts.
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