Lookout: Group of local contractors to use straw bales to build low-income housing

Local contractors are working together to bring low-income housing for community members experiencing homelessness. The project will use renewable materials such as straw bales to lessen climate change impacts. The group’s first project at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, in Soquel, will replace six cabins on the church’s property with tiny homes about the size of two large walk-in closets. The contractors – Michele Landegger, Micah Posner and Kita Glass, who formed a group called Just Places – are partnering with Santa Cruz-based nonprofit People First of Santa Cruz County, which provides support services to unhoused residents. Once the project is complete — Posner is hopeful construction will start next spring — the nonprofit will manage the site and offer resources to individuals living in the cabins. Lookout LINK.