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Cargo containers, long a staple of international trade, are designed to be affordable, sturdy and water-tight. So it’s no surprise that for decades they’ve been used by the military, the needy — or ...

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 ...

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 ...

APACHE JUNCTION, Arizona (KPHO/KTVK) — A Valley developer said shipping containers from overseas could be the solution for affordable housing in one of the hottest housing markets in the country. Once ...

KIRKVILLE, N.Y. – During the Covid-19 lockdown last year, Andrea Nentwick and her fiancé Lucas Eastman were looking for a project to do together. “We had a lot of time on our hands,” she said. “We ...

Newark is among a growing number of cities turning to an unconventional solution for the housing shortage — shipping containers. Normally used to transport goods and merchandise on massive cargo ships ...

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 ...

In lieu of a ribbon-cutting, Rick Rainey went to work on a 20-by-8-foot shipping container with a cutting torch. The Builders United project manager proceeded to slice a “window” in the side of the ...

LAS VEGAS (CNN) – On Monday, the City of Las Vegas joined one activist to welcome a new community of homes made of re-purposed shipping containers aimed at providing affordable housing for veterans ...