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New Jersey City Turns to Shipping Containers for Homeless Housing

Facility in Newark Opens, Joining Others Across the Country That Serve as Models

Newark Hope Village, made up of retrofitted shipping containers, was decorated by local artists. (Linda Moss/CoStar)
Newark Hope Village, made up of retrofitted shipping containers, was decorated by local artists. (Linda Moss/CoStar)

New Jersey’s biggest city has opened a temporary shelter for the homeless, converting shipping containers into housing in a low-cost pilot program it says could be a model for other U.S. municipalities.

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