Q&AZ: Can empty Phoenix office space be used to house homelessness people?

Making office space available for the homeless is possible, but differences in zoning, and electrical and heating systems make it less likely, according to ASU real estate expert.

Making office space available for the homeless is possible, but differences in zoning, and electrical and heating systems make it less likely, according to ASU real estate expert.

In this story posted April 22, 2021, on KJZZ>

Zoning’s a big problem sometimes. Because there are places where people don’t want apartments, and you may get a lot of push back from a neighborhood for instance that backs up to the building where they're quite happy because in the evening nobody’s in the office building.

– Mark Stapp, Fred E. Taylor Professor in Real Estate and director of the Master of Real Estate Development program