PHOENIX — Some shipping containers that once stood on Arizona’s border to keep people out are now being converted into tiny homes that welcome people in.Wholistic Transformation, a Tucson, Arizona, faith-based nonprofit organization, is using shipping containers from former Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey’s makeshift border wall to build tiny homes for young people transitioning out of the foster care system.Ducey, who stacked thousands of shipping containers last year to create a barrier along the Arizona-Mexico border, came under pressure from a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against Arizona, Ducey and agreed to dismantle the wall in December 2022. The federal government contended the wall was illegal, dangerous and interfered with federal duties.Now, more than 2,000 containers removed from the border are available to government entities and nonprofits that can find uses for them, the state has said. The Arizona Department of Administration said any left by October will be available for public sale.Bryan Benz, the founder and CEO of Wholistic Transformation, said he plans to build a community of seven tiny homes out of shipping containers that include a resident justice navigator on two adjoining lots belonging to the church next door.THE WALL PROJECT: A 2,000-mile journey in the shadow of the border wallBryan Benz, …
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