EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — State leaders and residents gathered in East Providence Thursday morning to tour a new option in the fight to create more affordable housing in Rhode Island: Shipping containers.
“We have a housing crisis, and we have tried to address this, but there’s just so much more need in finding affordable solutions for people. This fits that bill,” said Rhode Island Senate President Valarie Lawson.
ContainerSolutions, which makes these housing units, says the state needs to build roughly 15,000 new homes by 2030 for residents, and these homes are one way to help meet that need.
“It’s a factory-built home, which means it’s faster and more affordable than traditional site-built construction,” said ContainerSolutions founder Chris Barrett. “The cost and timeline are predictable, something traditional construction can almost never promise.”…