The city of Anchorage plans to open 24 tiny homes in mid-October to help people transition out of homelessness.
The city announced Thursday that the project, called Microunits for Recovery Residences, will be located on the southwest corner of Elmore Road and East Tudor Road, close to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and the Anchorage School District’s bus lot. Visser Construction is set to build the two dozen homes, which will each be 96 square feet and house one person, according to the city.
The tiny homes, which the city is calling “microunits,” will be used to house people seeking treatment for substance misuse, said Thea Agnew Bemben, a special assistant to Mayor Suzanne LaFrance who is leading the project…