Shipping containers may seem like a cheap path to a durable modern home, but costs add up when turning a bare metal box into a functional furnished house.

Price: It usually costs a lot less to build a shipping container home than a traditional single-family home, but the price depends on the features. Costs of the containers vary depending on the size, ...

Anyone who has ever been a fan of The Boxcar Children book series may have found the thought of living in a railroad car intriguing. In fact, that is probably more likely the case now than ever before ...

YPSILANTI TOWNSHIP, MI -- A local developer is building luxury-style homes out of shipping containers in Ypsilanti Township. Darius Smith, founder of ASJ Homes and the What’s Up Detroit show, is ...

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, ...

LAKE WORTH BEACH — The most talked about home in Lake Worth Beach these days is a shipping container. Roger Bennett, a former public relations executive for Ford Motor Co., is building a two-bedroom, ...

When the cost of a single-family home hewn from wood and traditional construction materials is out of reach for many low-income Phoenix residents, and hell, some middle-income earners too — the ...

A development team is pitching the first Chicago-area development of multiple homes built from shipping containers, for a site in Greater Grand Crossing on the South Side. Individual homes have been ...

Imagination is what conceived this unusual Habitat for Humanity of Monroe County project. And hard work is what is making this dream come true. Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. For the ...

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction: The first of the shipping container homes will be ready to move in June 1, but is currently on the market. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – ...

GRAFTON (CBS 58) -- Town of Grafton supervisors voted unanimously to ban the use of shipping containers in construction projects in the town. The vote came just days after a family moved into a ...