Civil Code 1927

Tenant's Pursuit of Quiet Enjoyment

Shipping Container

Fed up with the rising prices of homes in California?

Well, Luke Iseman an Oakland entrepreneur may have come up with a minimalist solution to the California housing crisis. Iseman has started a business (Boxhouse) turning shipping containers into small homes.

Iseman realized that what he was paying for rent in San Francisco could go to converting and owning a shipping container home. The 160 square doesn’t offer much space but it does allow for all the basic necessities.

Ideally Iseman envisions these houses in public streets, empty lots and driveways but currently there are no cities whose housing codes permit theses small metal homes. However, the shipping containers can be placed within single family homes whose backyards can contain a shipping container home or any other home.

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