Like many other dense cities around the United States, Los Angeles has a homelessness epidemic. Approximately 46,874 people struggle with homelessness in LA, and most live on the streets full-time.
A new housing project called Hope on Alvarado aims to address this issue.
Local architecture firm KTGY Architecture + Planning has designed an affordable micro-apartment complex that will start housing dozens of LA's homeless residents by 2019.
Take a look below.
The Hope on Alvarado building will be located in Westlake, a neighborhood in northwest LA. Construction on the 84-unit complex, developed by Aedis Real Estate Group, will begin in 2018.
The primary building material will be shipping containers, which will serve as the apartment units.
The five-story building will contain studio and and one-bedroom apartments, ranging from 400 to 480 square feet. Here's what the minimalist interiors will look like.
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