{"id":907,"date":"2020-10-21T16:04:39","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T16:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marshallbrain.com\/?page_id=907"},"modified":"2020-10-21T16:04:39","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T16:04:39","slug":"house53","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marshallbrain.com\/house53","title":{"rendered":"A different way to build a house #53 \u2013 inexpensive housing for the developing world"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We may never see this type of housing in the developed world, but for the developing world this new type of housing would be a huge improvement over shacks of rusting metal and cardboard:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Housing Technology For Helping Haiti\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iK-UBj3eJko?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The video estimates a need for 740 million houses in the developing world. &#8220;That would require building 100,000 new homes every day for the next 20 years.&#8221; That is a lot of housing. 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