As cold weather settles in, a tiny home developer wants to place 10 units in Chattanooga’s sanctioned homeless camp at 12th and Peeples streets, which would be there temporarily as the city prepares to officially close the site Feb. 1.
The project would first require approval from the city’s downtown zoning committee, which will meet Thursday afternoon to consider an application from the company, Practical Revolution.
Joseph Basel, the owner of Practical Revolution, expects the approximately 80-square-foot units would replace 10 tents at the sanctioned camp. Designed to be transitional for someone seeking permanent housing, the structures will have windows, electrical outlets, heat and deadbolt-locking doors, Basel said.
In the future, Basel hopes to see other local organizations place tiny homes on their properties to serve as housing for the homeless. The project at the sanctioned homeless camp would help demonstrate that the model could be a feasible option elsewhere in the city, he said.