The Austin yard of Bob's Containers echoes with the typical sounds of home construction: drilling, hammering, sawing and more. "Except our medium is a metal box," says co-owner Robert Balderas.

Newark is among a growing number of cities turning to an unconventional solution for the housing shortage — shipping containers. Normally used to transport goods and merchandise on massive cargo ships ...

When natural disasters devastate communities, traditional emergency response methods often struggle with logistical challenges and time constraints. Shipping containers are revolutionizing disaster ...

In the Watts neighborhood in Los Angeles, a new affordable multifamily housing project using shipping containers resulted in 24 micro-units for formerly unhoused residents, according to Fast Company. ...

At a typical home construction site, two-by-four beams build the skeleton of a home. Insulation and drywall complete the inner walls. A roof is placed on top; in Florida it’s usually made of shingles, ...

Cora Coleman grew up scratching out designs on graph paper and flipping through pages of map books. She is the third generation in her family working in real estate in Houston. She is also a ...

Jonelle Kilgore tapped away at his online homework with Jasmine the puppy on his lap in their South Los Angeles home. The 12-year-old boy and his dog sat on a couch in not just any home, but one made ...

Landon and Heather Schlabach run a short-term-rental management firm overseeing 75 properties. Their younger brother, Reece, joined them to flip two shipping containers into secluded retreats. Heather ...

Shipping containers, once primarily used for transporting goods, are now emerging as an innovative housing trend in metro Detroit. A new development of single-family container homes on Detroit's east ...

An Old Town startup that makes high-tech shipping containers broke ground last week on a $3.9 million, 15,000-square-foot expansion that could create as many as 80 jobs. Global Secure Shipping said ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. When Carlos-Ameen Jureidini-Cully started selling refurbished sunglasses in 2008, he knew he couldn’t swing the high rent or multi-year ...

For Australian small businesses seeking cost-effective, flexible, and secure space solutions, 10ft shipping containers are increasingly being considered as a practical alternative to traditional ...