Shipping containers could be 'dream' homes for thousands

I came across an interesting article about a a group of men who are turning shipping containers into homes for communities in Mexico that are seeing rapid business development but slum like conditions for the people working there.

As I read the article I immediately thought of the implications of this homes to be used as temporary housing in disaster areas, an economical solution to the homeless here in Canada.

Imagine if major corporations began to donate their used containers as part of a new green iniative. The opportunity for locale companies to get together and trasnform the containers as part of giving back to your community is limitless.

Check out the article below:


It was a side trip through a destitute, ramshackle neighborhood in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, that detoured Brian McCarthy from building houses in Albuquerque to an idea to offer the very poor a chance to own a home.