Baltimore’s Episcopal Housing Corp. is planning a 12-unit modular efficiency apartment building for homeless individuals, according to bizjournals.com. Each of the 680 square foot structures would be divided in half to make two 340 square foot apartments at a cost of $1.2 million, or $100,000 each. Episcopal Housing is working with the city to determine potential sites. Once a site is chosen, the modular units could be live-in ready in six to eight months. The Baltimore nonprofit Home Care for the Homeless would help the residents with additional social services, especially health care to determine if housing improved the health of homeless people and reduced their hospital costs. As MHProNews reported Dec. 19, 2013, Portland, Oregon architect Stuart Emmons designed a nine-unit modular studio apartment building for the homeless. ##

(Photo credit: Benjamin Brink/theoregonian.com–modular studio apartments)