LANSING, MI (AP)— One Michigan city is planning a novel approach in an effort to balance the growing need for homeless services with community concerns: mini housing pods.
The city of Lansing last month approved the purchase and storage of 50 modular housing units called Mod-Pods. They’ll get them for $640,000 from a Kalamazoo nonprofit that had given up plans to use them in that community.
If successful, the approach would make Lansing the first city in Michigan to utilize the typically 8-by-8-foot housing units, which have been used in other parts of the country.
Officials say if all goes according to plan, the structures could be ready for use by June 2026.
