Lansing approved the purchase of 50 modular units from Kalamazoo, where a nonprofit hoping to use the units failed to secure ownership of an apppropriate site. | LIT Solutions / OrbitBid.com
Lansing, Michigan plans to install 50 modular micro-housing units in an effort to provide more emergency shelter for unhoused residents, reports Jordyn Hermani for the Associated Press. Lansing officials plan to identify a city-owned location for the shelters.
The city agreed to purchase 50 units from a project in Kalamazoo that never materialized. The 50 units, which are not approved for winter use, will cost $640,000 to buy and roughly $750,000 per year to maintain…