NEW YORK: The five hundred and forty-first entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.
Something resembling a large shipping crate sitting in the Mattapan MBTA station parking lot will make its way to Fields Corner. Inside the 385-square foot space is a prototype studio apartment, a modular micro-unit called the Urban Housing Unit (UHU).
The Mayor’s Housing Innovation Lab is taking the tiny home – which was developed in collaboration with the Boston Society of Architects/AIA (BSA), the BSA Foundation, and LiveLight on a roadshow to eight neighborhoods in Boston.