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.

This could be one way to help combat a shortage in housing. In recent years, some companies have gotten creative and started building homes out of unused shipping containers. This video from 2018 is ...

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 ...

Shipping containers have become trendy statement homes, sustainable solutions to a need for housing, and durable replacements for traditional homes at risk from climate change. Myriad variables go ...

Shipping containers have become quite popular lately seeing how they can be repurposed into all sorts of cool housing ...

McKINNEY, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) - A new opportunity has come along for North Texans struggling to pay their rents and mortgages. The City of McKinney is about to break ground on a large neighborhood of ...

CALDWELL — In a warehouse just outside downtown Caldwell, old, rusted shipping containers are being converted into one possible solution to today's affordable housing crisis — modular homes. The ...

Shipping containers are kind of like LEGO bricks. Sturdy and stackable, they can be crafted into all sorts of creative things, from fold-out coffee shops to surprisingly stylish modern homes. They ...