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See inside the Idaho factory where a company turns shipping containers into sustainable tiny homes
2020-11-01
[Business Insider] Tiny homes have often been proposed as an affordable housing solution, and some locales in the US have encouraged them as construction lags behind demand.

IndieDwell, a modular home company based in Idaho, is focused on the same goal. It makes one, two, and four-bedroom homes out of recycled shipping containers, partnering with communities or housing organizations to create affordable, mixed-income communities.

IndieDwell just opened a second factory in Pueblo, Colorado that will employ 160 people. The company says that it opens factories in areas where there are organizations to partner with, and communities in need of jobs, and it has plans to expand further. Current projects include housing for the homeless in San Jose, housing for people recovering from addiction in Colorado, and homes for veterans in Washington.

IndieDwell gave Business Insider a look inside the original Idaho factory to see what happens inside a tiny home factory. Take a look here.
Posted by:Besoeker

#14  They make single and multifamily homes, like this $55,000 320 square foot, single container, one-bedroom home.

How Much Does a Mobile Home Cost?
In the most recent data from the Census Bureau's Manufactured Housing Survey (MHS), the average sales price nationwide for a new manufactured home in February 2020 was $55,600 for a single-wide and $107,500 for a double-wide.

Used double- or triple-wide mobile homes tend to hold their value better than single-wides. Prices can range from nothing or next to nothing for homes where people just want to be able to walk away from the monthly space rent on an older home, to $10,000-$250,000 or more depending on location, age, size and amenities.
Posted by: Thrairong Ebbusomp4597   2020-11-01 20:26  

#13  Why didn’t they choose to open a new plant on a reservation or in Detroit or Philly?
Posted by: Cluper and Company4908   2020-11-01 20:14  

#12  Or we can elect leaders who will return the wealth building jobs to the USA and afford to live in real houses, not the metallic version of cardboard boxes.
Posted by: Thrairong Ebbusomp4597   2020-11-01 18:59  

#11  Yeah but can your house be ready to hit the seas with Maersk in 10 minutes?

If the sea comes to my house in the mountains at 6,400ft... we are all fucked anyway. :D
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-11-01 10:41  

#10  #5 $55,000 320 square foot!?!? That is $172 per square foot! My house costs $141 a square foot.

Rip off.


Yeah but can your house be ready to hit the seas with Maersk in 10 minutes?
Posted by: Slappy   2020-11-01 10:24  

#9  "General Rashid Dostum on Prison Fixer Upper tonight on HGTV "

That's a winner!
Posted by: SteveS   2020-11-01 10:00  

#8  ^ "General Rashid Dostum on Prison Fixer Upper tonight on HGTV "
Posted by: Frank G   2020-11-01 09:38  

#7  I imagine they'll create mobile jail cells

I suspect FEMA is already on it.
Posted by: Clem   2020-11-01 09:35  

#6  When I worked for Sun they turned shipping containers into mobile server rooms. I just watched an HGTV show where they installed a shipping container converted into a small pool. Is there anything these little boxes can't do?

Next I imagine they'll create mobile jail cells so the prison system could shift capacity around as necessary instead of building big facilities that have to be emptied out in a pandemic.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2020-11-01 09:17  

#5  $55,000 320 square foot!?!? That is $172 per square foot! My house costs $141 a square foot.

Rip off.
Posted by: DarthVader   2020-11-01 08:56  

#4  not as easy to trash as most section 8 housing, so that's a plus
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136   2020-11-01 08:50  

#3  Ah, the hidden classism and associated racism of zoning. Time to hit those deep blue upper class areas with high density low cost government housing. Not to house the poor but to expose the hypocrisy of the Left's money base.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-11-01 06:20  

#2  Aren't they called CONEXes?
Posted by: Clem   2020-11-01 06:14  

#1  No, that bottle next to the bunk was NOT Gatorade.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-11-01 06:01  

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