Affordable housing

Everything Jon said I basically agree with, a container house is not going to add a lot of value to your property. A fact though, it's the land that will always be worth the most. You can build the best conventionally constructed home on a property and still not add a lot of value to the land. With property purchasing and equity it still comes down to the location of that property. I'm in the building construction industry and have been a licensed contractor for over twenty years. In a state that has perhaps the highest building code standards in the world.

I have always been interested in alternate building methods and do study them. A container home or ISBU (Intermodal Steel Building Unit) is not a home for most people. As with anything, there is pros and cons to consider and a container home has it's advantages and disadvantages. There is a building association that promotes standards of construction and use of ISBU homes. They have been used for many years in other parts of the world where affordable housing is not as common as it is here in North America. I know one city (El Paso, Texas) that has approved and permitted a ISBU home in a urban residential area. This type of construction is in my opinion a option for some in need of less expensive housing. Rural construction, post disaster housing and those wanting to consider utilizing a existing resource are just a few reasons for this type of construction. One could even use a container home for a temporary shelter as they built a much more comfortable/conventional home. A wooden frame home is a proven and preferable home for most, myself included. A container home is within the scope of this forum, reuse, re-purpose and recycle.