Designed with safety and privacy in mind, new shipping container shelters at Camp Hope in Yakima provide an alternative housing option for those who can’t stay in traditional emergency shelters, ...

Shipping container shelters have been approved for use as temporary housing at Camp Hope in Yakima, offering a place for those who need separate housing. The Yakima City Council on Tuesday amended the ...

The Phoenix City Council on Wednesday approved a plan to install shelter units made from shipping containers on city-owned land in southwest Phoenix. The plan is an effort by the city to find creative ...

An emergency homeless shelter made out of shipping containers will soon go up on the edge of downtown Modesto after Stanislaus County leaders approved $2.5 million in funding for the project. The plan ...

A shipping container is getting new life as a clothing closet to outfit homeless men staying at the Westside Men’s Shelter in Catonsville , gearing them up and helping them prepare for future jobs.

YAKIMA — Shipping container shelters deposited at Camp Hope in recent months offer nine new units for individuals who need separate housing, so long as their use is approved by the Yakima City Council ...

PHOENIX — Converted shipping containers in Phoenix are providing shelter for those in need. Four 40-foot steel containers have been outfitted with solar power and central air conditioning to house up ...

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — When the temporary homeless shelter in the San Diego Convention Center eventually closes, many of the people inside may not have to move to another shelter, but rather into ...

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Are shipping container homes actually good for the environment? The reality is more complex than it appears on the surface.

At top, Venus Kau‘iokawekiu Rosete-Medeiros, CEO of Hale Kipa, checks on growing crops inside the “Freight Farm” at Hale Kipa in Ewa Beach. Many of the Freight Farm’s youth workers are ages 12-17 and ...