Could shipping containers be answer to affordable housing shortage?

container DALLAS: Builders are ready to bring a new form of housing to Barrie, says one city councillor. However, city council wasn’t ready to move fast on a plan to turn shipping containers into homes here.

“It’s the material,” said Councillor Rose Romita. “They are sturdy, fire-proof, ready to go.”

Turning shipping containers into housing units isn’t a new concept, but it would be new to Barrie…..

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