Potter’s Lane, the name of the 16-unit micro housing project on Jackson Street, bore no resemblance to what Harrell imagined a few months ago, when he first heard about the idea from people at the Veterans Affairs Community Resource and Referral Center in Santa Ana.
Constructed and managed by the nonprofit American Family Housing, whose headquarters is right next door, Potter’s Lane has attracted wide attention as an innovative approach to a stubborn problem: quick and affordable housing for people who are chronically homeless.
It’s the first permanent housing complex for the homeless in California created from modified shipping containers, and possibly the only one nationwide.
In the eyes of many, Potter’s Lane has come to symbolize the power of transformation.
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