After his longtime home was damaged in Hurricane Irma, a local artist/collector made the "impractical" choice to patchwork together a metal base for himself and his eccentric possessions. Welcome to ...

Volunteers of America unveiled its 320-square-feet shipping container home on the National Mall this weekend. The house will be rented out to a veteran in Durham, North Carolina. (Courtesy Volunteers ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ten massive dumpsters of debris hauled away and six years later, the property has completely transformed into a rental community ...

EVANSVILLE — The first two container homes in Evansville are officially complete on Cody Street and awaiting potential buyers. The 640-square-foot homes − one at 1108 Cody St. and another at 1107 Cody ...

Living in a shipping container may sound weird, but it is possible. Not only are these containers sturdy enough to withstand difficult weather, but they're also not stuck to a foundation like a ...

Imagine owning a home for less than the cost of a new sedan. Thanks to innovative designs and affordability, shipping container homes are making this dream a reality for many. These sustainable and ...

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After more than three years of planning, persistence, manual labor and financial investment in a dream that would not die, affordable housing activist Glen Gibellina wants the world to know about his ...

With their proposal to build a dozen homes from shipping containers on the South Side stalled, a pair of developers now plan to build homes made from the metal containers in south suburban Ford ...