They're already piling up at the ports. That's the thought behind a local developer's plan to use old shipping containers as housing to help LA's homeless crisis and streets of shame. Flyaway Homes ...

James “Jimmy” Thompson lay awake on concrete, hoping he’d be able to fall asleep – praying even more he’d wake up in the morning. His feet, hobbled and pained from living on the street, were a ...

Houses and offices made from shipping containers are being manufactured in South Mississippi. Brittany Kahler is the chief executive officer of a company that is selling and manufacturing containers ...

This architectural drawing shows what The Cotton Groves development would look like. The 35-unit affordable housing development will be built from shipping containers by the North Collin County ...

Jonelle Kilgore tapped away at his online homework with Jasmine the puppy on his lap in their South Los Angeles home. The 12-year-old boy and his dog sat on a couch in not just any home, but one made ...

LONG BEACH – Steel shipping containers could become the future of Long Beach housing. A divided Planning Commission voted Thursday to alter residential building restrictions that prohibit metal roofs ...

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Many people have browsed around a secondhand car showroom looking for specific features that might result in a purchase. But for Craig Ledward it's not used cars he enjoys wandering around - but used ...

Using old shipping containers is seen as an environmentally friendly means of constructing new homes. Taking this one step further, Sustainer Homes has begun making off-grid container dwellings that ...

Kingston Logistics Centre Limited (KLC) has demonstrated yet another innovative way it uses shipping containers with the introduction of pre-fabricated container homes which are now available for sale ...