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Habitat Container Magazine
Smart and Sustainable Habitats Winter 2017
Which institutions are responsible for regulating a ordable housing in the USA
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (Commonly known as HUD) is a Cabinet department in the Executive branch of theUnited States federal government.
Although its beginnings were in the House and Home Financing Agency, it was founded as a Cabinet department in 1965, as part of the "Great Society"
Why using Shipping Containers or ISBU’s for social or a ordable housing is a good idea
When we have a crises, time is the asset most scarce, and as most crises comes, it comes when less expected, and usually there is no e ective planing to deal with the problem.
Building single family home the conventional way, takes at the best not less than 6 month, building an ISBU can take no more than a few days or weeks.
So in crises, when time is really money or life and death, shipping containers Win .
Shipping Container housing are factory-made under a climate controlled environment, so they are eather independent. They can be done in as many factories needed so quantity is not a problem. They can be transported to its destination by boat, train or truck with out any special permit needed. The units arrive already finished, and ready to be connected to the service companies, so they are placed with a crane in its final spot and can be used even the same day. As they are portable and self su cient, they can be relocated, upgraded or downgraded, connected to de grid or o the grid using solar panels and batteries, and modular waste water treatment plants, that transforms grey water into recycled and reusable water, for toilet tanks and/or gardening.
They are 100 % green and constructed according to the three Pilars of sustainability: Reduce-Reuse- Recycle. Insulated with state of the art insulation materials, better than in any conventional construction, the ISBU complies and exceeds all international and local building codes.
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