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Arizona group converting shipping containers from makeshift border wall into homes: 'The need is huge'
Story by Sarah Lapidus and Minnah Arshad, USA TODAY NETWORK
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PHOENIX Some shipping containers that once stood on Arizonas border to keep people out are now being converted into tiny homes that welcome people in.
Wholistic Transformation, a Tucson, Arizona, faith-based nonprofit organization, is using shipping containers from former Arizona Gov. Doug Duceys makeshift border wall to build tiny homes for young people transitioning out of the foster care system.
Ducey, who stacked thousands of shipping containers last year to create a barrier along the Arizona-Mexico border, came under pressure from a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against Arizona, Ducey and agreed to dismantle the wall in December 2022. The federal government contended the wall was illegal, dangerous and interfered with federal duties.
Now, more than 2,000 containers removed from the border are available to government entities and nonprofits that can find uses for them, the state has said. The Arizona Department of Administration said any left by October will be available for public sale.
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Arizona group converting shipping containers from makeshift border wall into homes: 'The need is huge' (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Nov 2023
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AllyCat
(16,195 posts)1. This is great news!
Wondering about logistics, but happy someone is trying!
AllaN01Bear
(18,275 posts)2. saw this on du front page and then lost it . went to google and found the main story or a version thereof.
eggscllent
70sEraVet
(3,505 posts)3. Turning swords into plowshares.
But the 'christians' will complain.