The historic homes will serve as a site of operation for the city's Living Heritage Trades Academy and Material Innovation Center.
The goal is to rehabilitate the bungalows while also generating a pipeline of skilled tradespeople who have experience working on historic homes, said Shanon Shea Miller, director of the Office of Historic Preservation .
The colony also will serve as the site for storing materials salvaged from deconstructed structures, Miller said. An old parking garage will be repurposed for this use, and some material has already been collected, including some salvaged windows. “To the extent that we can take reclaimed material and utilize that when we’re doing affordable housing rehab in the city, then that will help keep the cost down in addition to the benefits of diverting that waste from the landfill,” Miller said.
Other grant funding is going toward a UTSA program that will develop kits composed of salvaged materials that could be used for constructing accessory dwelling units, which are additional living quarters, such as an apartment or “granny flat,” built on single-family lots.
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