The Shipping Container House

320 square feet may seem a bit small for a home. Hell, some Hollywood starlets have closets bigger than that! But 320 square feet is sure better than a cardboard refrigerator box under a freeway underpass, and after a business trip to Juarez Mexico, Brian McCarthy knew it. That's why he co-founded PFNC Global Communities a company that is converting old shipping containers into new mini-homes. Busily at work on the prototypes, PFNC plans for the tiny domiciles to have a kitchen,  bathroom with sink, toilet and shower, two sleeping areas and hook-ups for air conditioning, ventilation, electrical and water systems all for $8000 or less to keep them affordable to impoverished Mexican workers. Recycling rusted containers into new homes, a great example of the reconomy at work!