In a bold move to escape the high costs of living in the U.S., a young couple has found an unexpected haven in Mexico, ...

A couple who “ditched” the US for Mexico to “escape” rising costs say they have saved $430k – by building a $35k home from a ...

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 ...

In this economy, downsizing makes sense for a lot of reasons besides environmental concerns. That’s not to say, though, that the rich can’t put a very artsy spin on downsizing – and this is exactly ...

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 ...

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. — A Pinellas Park business is thinking outside the box when it comes to giving people the option of high-quality, inexpensive container builds and modifications. The container ...

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 ...

This summer, David Schiller, co-owner of Paragon Designs construction and landscaping, put a house on the market in Minneapolis that was as unique as it was eye-catching. The three-bedroom, two-bath ...

Q: Can You Put a Container House on an Empty Plot of Land in L.A.? A: Those HGTV shows make it look easy, but so far there are no legal single-family residences in L.A. that have been fashioned from a ...

Fort Wayne residents now have fewer obstacles to building container homes after the City Council approved a zoning amendment Tuesday. An amendment allowing home day cares outside of the caretaker’s ...