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Henry County Affordable Housing: an Overlooked Next Step?
 I don’t know about you, but when I used to hear the term “affordable housing” I’d think of value-priced Henry County condominium listings, some of the nicer area mobile home parks, or maybe fixer-uppers likely to be snatched up by professional house flippers (ultimately to become slightly less affordable housing).
When I heard “affordable housing,” I did not think “packing crate.” Nor did I think, “steamer trunk” or “storage unit.” That turns out to be entirely appropriate; nobody is volunteering to live in those.
Where I missed the boat was that I did not think, “shipping container.”
But that was then—this, as they say, is now. Those simpler days are behind us. Shipping containers, it turns out, are the latest in affordable housing. And I must say there are some real possibilities for tricked-out shipping container homes.
Before dismissing the idea out of hand, first, consider the real advantages. Shipping containers are those nearly boxcar-sized metal enclosures they pile 15 high on giant vessels that play the high seas, bringing products near and far in great quantities. They are flood and fire-proof. Containerhomes-info points out that they can “face wind, rain, salt, typhoons, extreme weight, dropping and bumping.” They are made of Corten steel, stronger ... more

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