What are these new ways of building homes? And can they help reduce the cost of new housing, leading to lower rents?

Businesses and lawmakers are trying to address the U.S. affordable housing crisis by turning to alternative ways to build homes. These include 3D printing houses out of concrete, building homes in a ...

Factory-built housing put together in a week ... added roofs and screwed on drywall. Everything from electrical wiring to plumbing to kitchen countertops were in place before the homes were ...

At a series of stations, workers lay flooring, erected framing, added roofs and screwed on drywall. Everything from ... s a hefty upfront cost to build the factory, and part of the challenge ...

from 3D printing to assembling homes in an indoor factory to using hemp — yes, the marijuana cousin — to make building blocks for walls. It’s a response to the country’s shortfall of ...