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Is ANY organization going to move retired shipping containers to Haiti to become repurposed as new homes? When?

Asked by EgaoNoGenki (1164points) February 13th, 2010

Bob Vila has a page promoting green construction: homes repurposed from retired shipping containers.

More than that, You’ll find much more about container housing here on Google.

By the way, plenty of sites are proposing the idea of sending shipping containers to Haiti for emergency housing.

But, and this is most important, who is FOLLOWING THROUGH with those proposals?

We have a glut of shipping containers because we’ve been importing more than we’ve been exporting, so shipping containers keep piling up at and overcrowd our ports. The ports’ authorities are pretty much chomping at the bit to get rid of them, because they’re running out of space to accommodate the overflow.

So do you know any company/organization/etc. that is actively bringing these containers to Haiti right now? If not, what’s the holdup? How much and what kinds of red tape do they need to cut through before finally following through with this housing relief plan?

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