This is the kind of temporary housing that containers make possible: [Linked Image from gasoil.lt] [Linked Image from s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com]
There are thousands upon thousands of available containers. They run $2-4,000 each. A Solar-powered air conditioner can be obtained for about the same. (Now, plumbing and electrical supply adds cost, as does insulation, but $10-12 thousand per unit is still less than other temporary housing solutions.) There was a contest in Portland, OR to design housing based upon their ubiquity.


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