Over the past few years, the UK has seen an increased demand for alternative housing and commercial spaces. Many are cho ...

SG Blocks CEO & Chairman Paul Galvin talks about how using shipping containers as a primary building material can accelerate much-needed affordable housing construction. Constantly rising construction ...

Shipping containers are being transformed to provide housing. Can they be affordable? We are used to seeing shipping containers as a mode of transporting goods by land or sea. We see them on the backs ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT) – Chances are you may have seen a stack of shipping containers on a train or on a cargo ship, but how about next door? An Evansville organization is tackling the affordable ...

But one developer is proposing a different solution: build the housing in Mexico, where materials and labor are significantly cheaper, then ship and assemble them to the United States. The company, ...

FERNDALE, Michigan – Its two-story, modern design stands out in the older neighborhood of many ranches and bungalows. Inside the front door, a floating staircase tailored from wood and steel leads up ...

Staff photo / R. Michael Semple Mahoning County Commissioner Carol Rimedio-Righetti, center, speaks about the Veteran’s Haven Container Project with Commissioners Anthony Traficanti, left, and David ...

An older couple living off-grid on their own land fear being left homeless ‘on the side of the road’ by the local authority ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Container Store has filed for bankruptcy protection as the storage and organizational goods retailer with roots dating back to the 1970s grapples with mounting losses and cash flow ...

The Container Store may be the next home goods chain to file for bankruptcy as a weak housing market and inflated prices hurt sales, according to a report. The Coppell, Texas-based chain enjoyed a ...

Designed with safety and privacy in mind, new shipping container shelters at Camp Hope in Yakima provide an alternative housing option for those who can’t stay in traditional emergency shelters, ...