The reasons for building shipping container homes are diverse and include the fact that these containers are globally available, affordable, sturdy, water-tight and versatile, not to mention that they ...

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 ...

A non-profit organization on Vancouver Island that builds homes out of shipping containers is aiming to buy the campground where they're based so it can build more low-cost housing for those in need.