Shipping containers can be turned into small homes, offices, or shops for less than P500,000, a design firm based in Brazil said, suggesting one possible solution to the Philippines’ affordable housing shortage.

Casa Container Marilia-Arquitetura, which has made inroads in Asia with sales of their converted container designs in Taiwan and is interested in the Philippine market, said that their design packages cost from R$28,600 to R$26,900, (NT$266,715 in Taiwan), or about P440,000.

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