Micro Homes

Line of modular tiny home materials wrapped in white tarp with Boxabl logo on each box in warehouse/factory.

These Las Vegas tiny homes can be assembled in an hour

The city approved a project using modular microhousing units that will rent for roughly $1,000 per month.

April 12, 2026 - New York Post

Multilevel stack of colorful shipping containers

Developer Proposes Luxury Container Home Village in Atlanta

The community would be the first of its kind in the region, with micro-homes built inside shipping containers surrounded by luxurious amenities.

July 26, 2023 - Urbanize Atlanta

Tiny House Prefab

Clearing the Path for Tiny Houses

Clocking in at less than 500 square feet, tiny houses are in greater and greater demand. They've been touted as a means to address affordability, inequality, homelessness, and environmental concerns. But regulatory issues are holding them back.

July 14, 2016 - Pew Charitable Trusts

Recalling Our Basic Pride of Place

In the fifth of his "place-decoding" series from France, Chuck Wolfe recalls how we carry with us the ability to mine pride from place, even in places that are, perhaps, least expected to shine.

October 25, 2014 - The Huffington Post

What subprime crisis? Affordable houses are everywhere.

A Tiny-House Model Community Sprouts in D.C.

While cities like New York and San Francisco consider ways to incentivize the development of micro apartments, a Northeast Washington neighborhood has become home to an experiment in small house production.

November 28, 2012 - The Washington Post

Smaller Homes Coming to Smaller Towns

The small town of Tofino, British Columbia is looking to the Vancouver model of "micro homes" and laneway housing to increase its stock of affordable housing.

December 6, 2010 - Westerly

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