{"id":1699,"date":"2013-10-28T09:10:54","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T09:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/?p=1699"},"modified":"2025-09-04T14:30:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:30:00","slug":"shipping-containers-to-be-used-as-low-cost-housing-for-the-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mercatorcargo.co.uk\/shipping-containers-to-be-used-as-low-cost-housing-for-the-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"Shipping Containers to be used as Low-Cost Housing for the Homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brighton Housing Trust has launched an innovative project to house the homeless in the city.\u00a0 The project involves using converted shipping containers as self-contained \u2018apartments\u2019.\u00a0 This week, the project\u2019s wheels began to move with the first six shipping containers being installed in Brighton.<\/p>\n<p>The shipping container units were converted in Holland for a similar social housing project in Amsterdam.\u00a0 Unfortunately the project in Holland failed due to lack of funding.\u00a0 The shipping container units will be stacked on top of each other in 3 and 5 storey formations; a total of 36 will provide temporary accommodation to the homeless.<\/p>\n<p>Shipping containers are an excellent solution to low-cost housing. \u00a0Shipping containers are engineered to be stacked on top of each other when in transit on shipping vessels, so it is possible to create multi-storey shipping container blocks of studios\/flats.\u00a0 There is no building required when using shipping containers as housing as the structure already exists, just internal work is required to convert the units.\u00a0 The shipping container units can be placed on temporary sites and moved at a later date (shipping containers are designed to be moved around).<\/p>\n<p>Shipping containers have been also used to create quirky and trendy housing (as below).\u00a0 Eco-friendly and angular housing is being more popular and the use of a shipping container fits this perfectly.\u00a0 Using shipping containers as housing also fits the popular concept of \u2018up-cycling\u2019 or \u2018make do and mend\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Mercator Cargo can arrange for your shipping container (whether for a housing project, or full of goods as an import or export) to go anywhere in the world. We can also assit in sourcing used containers. Contact us for more information &#8211; Tel. 02392 756 575. Email: <a href=\"mailto:sales@mercatorcargo.co.uk\">sales@mercatorcargo.co.uk.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brighton Housing Trust has launched an innovative project to house the homeless in the city.\u00a0 The project involves using converted shipping containers as self-contained \u2018apartments\u2019.\u00a0 This week, the project\u2019s wheels began to move with the first six shipping containers being installed in Brighton. 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