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The Portland Development Commission is partnering with Transition Projects Inc. on a 72-unit apartment development, along with 14 tiny houses 鈥� all for formerly homeless individuals.

The proposed project is planned for 2221 N. Argyle Street in an industrial corner of the Kenton neighborhood.

The PDC and the developer want to build 36 studio apartments and 36 single-room occupancy units. The single-room units would be clustered in groups of six; each pod would share a common kitchen and two bathrooms.

Three small buildings would have two pods each, for 36 single-room units. The studio apartments, the manager’s unit and a large community room would be part of a separate three-story building.

Also, the tiny houses, designed by several architecture firms and Portland State University architecture students, would be deployed for a minimum of a year. Catholic Charities would manage the tiny house community on contract with the Joint Office of Homeless Services, a collaboration started in 2016 between the city of Portland and Multnomah County.

All of the units are intended to house people earning no more than 60 percent of the median family income, according to a PDC agenda.

The commission’s board voted unanimously Wednesday to authorize selling the 0.99-acre property to Transition Projects. A PDC staff report said a price has not been finalized; it will be set by an appraisal.

A February 2016 analysis estimated the property’s value at $1.33 million, according to the staff report.

A PDC spokesperson could not be reached for comment, and Transition Projects Executive Director George Devendorf was not immediately available for an interview, a spokeswoman said.

The lot is unimproved. If the purchase were to close, crews would break ground in 2018.

Meyer Memorial Trust in January awarded Transition Projects a $500,000 grant for the project. However, the nonprofit developer will need more than a year to secure approximately $11.2 million to finance the project, according to the staff report.