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Why more people are embracing container housing

Transit Containers being used to make houses. [Courtesy]

It has taken time, but more people are embracing the concept of using refurbished shipping containers as houses or business premises.

A 2013 Kenya National Housing Service study showed that 26 million Kenyans are living in improper housing structures. According to a 2017 World Bank report, Kenya has a deficit of two million low income homes.

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